Execute text files in matlab

My text files look like:

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
b = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

I want to basically run my text files as if they’re just .m files, and use the variables defined in the text files.

Or is there a way I could just import the variables from these text files?

[per isakson]

Why not use the extension .m ?

[Walter Roberson]

Perhaps you might be interested in https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/17177-ini2struct

Answer 1

[Mark Sherstan]

Make a text file that looks like this and call it "test.txt":

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Use the following function to load it into MATLAB

load test.txt

Then seperate out your data into its variables:

a = test(1,:);
b = test(2,:);