How can I load multiple samples in a for loop

I am trying to write a program that runs multiple samples but I can not figure out how to load a different sample for each iteration of the for loop.

For example:

sample1='/home/examplefilename.DTA';
sample2='/home/examplefilename2.DTA';
sample3='/home/examplefilename3.DTA';

q = inputdlg('How many samples were loaded?');
nsamples = str2double(q);
for h=1:nsamples;
    [xd,yd,Pars]=eprload(sample(h));
    xIndex = find(yd==max(yd(xd>=2600 & xd<=2850)), 1, 'first');
    B = xd(xIndex);
    v=Pars.MWFQ;
    disp(sample(h))
end

This gives me the error message 'Undefined function or variable 'sample'.

Answer 1

[Joseph Cheng]

that is because sample is undefined but sample1 sample2 and sample3 is what you defined. how you're calling out that last line you should build sample{} as a cell array

sample{1}='/home/examplefilename.DTA';
sample{2}='/home/examplefilename2.DTA';
sample{3}='/home/examplefilename3.DTA';

q = inputdlg('How many samples were loaded?');
nsamples = str2double(q);
for h=1:nsamples;
    %redacted
    disp(sample(h))
end

[Joseph Cheng]

and since we do this you don't need the inputdlg and you can get the size/length/numel of sample to calculate nsamples.