How will my program read large data in a loop?

I have data sets for about a 1000 objects. Each data set is a matrix with 'different no. of rows for each * 2 columns' as the matrix order. Now, I have called all the data sets in my current folder using:

files = dir('*.txt');
for i=1:length(files)
    eval(['load ' files(i).name ' -ascii']);
end

which stores them as matrices X1, X2, et al. I need to assign each column of each matrix to a different variable for each, in a loop because writing separately for each object is not possible given the large number of data sets.

How do I do that?

[Stephen23]

Avoid using eval for such trivial code. Learn to not use eval and your code will be more robust and easier to read.... Read this to know why:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/196952-how-to-create-new-variables-in-batches-with-strcat

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_create_variables_A1.2C_A2.2C....2CA10_in_a_loop.3F

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_process_a_sequence_of_files.3F

I suggest something like

files = dir('*.txt');
data = cell(length(files),2);
for i=1:length(files)
  thisdata = load(files(i).name, '-ascii');
  data{i,1} = thisdata(:,1);
  data{i,2} = thisdata(:,2); 
end

[Prakriti Sardana]

Hm, thank you very much for your continued help.

[Jan]

@Prakriti Sardana: There is always a better solution than eval.