change file name on execution

urgent help here please... trying to change the file name on this code on each instance of running the function

   f=imread('Plate_7.jpg'); % Reading the number plate image file

i want the 'Plate_1' to increment by 1 each time the program runs to 'Plate_2', 'Plate_3'... and so on!

i have tried using a for loop

for k=1:10
   file=sprintf('Plate_%d.jpg',k)
   f=imread('Plate.jpg'); % Reading the number plate image file
end

but this just lists image 1 up to 10 in the command window...

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

for k=1:10
 file=sprintf('Plate_%d.jpg',k)
 f{k}=imread(file); 
end

[Nakk Mungofa]

thanks so much!!! seems to be working

[Nakk Mungofa]

ohhh just one problem now though, i first save an image with base name "Plate_"... so this is also incrementing, so wen f{k}=imread(file) reads from file it looks for Plate_2 wen only Plate_1 has just been saved...

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

What do you mean?

[Nakk Mungofa]

here is the section of code im dealing with:

%save image

counter = 1;

baseDir = 'C:\Users\Nakk\Documents\zvanhasi\Number_Plate_Extraction\';

baseName = 'Plate_';

newName = fullfile(baseDir, sprintf('%s%d.jpg', baseName, counter));

while exist(newName,'file')

    counter = counter + 1;

    newName = fullfile(baseDir, sprintf('%s%d.jpg', baseName, counter));

end

imwrite(img, newName);

for k=1:10

 file=sprintf('Plate_%d.jpg',k);

 f{k}=imread(file); 

 end

it gives

Error using imread (line 368)

File "Plate_2.jpg" does not exist.

soon after it saves "Plate_1"