Is there a way to have load command return data in format other than struct?

When I do abc = load('abc.mat','VAR1') the data loads as a structure even though VAR1 is a financial time series. How can I have it create a financial time series called abc?

Answer 1

[Oleg Komarov]

abc = fints;
def = fints;
save mymat
clear 
load('mymat','abc')

As opposed to

 load mymat

which poofs all the variables in the workspace.

A note of warning: for systematic and big project I would always recommend to load the variables into a structure, then retrieve the fieldnames.