loop for 3d matrix to numerous 2d matrices

I have a 3d matrix which is too large to be viewed in the variable editor as it is (134,68,243). And need to put the data into 68 readable 2d matrices. I have done some the labourious way but i was wondering if there was a quicker way to do it

a1 = a(:,1,:); a2 = a(:,2,:); a3 = a(:,3,:); a4 = a(:,4,:); a5 = a(:,5,:); ...

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

You could try using a cell array instead:

 your_mat = rand(10,20,30);

 [m n o] = size(your_mat);
 your_mat = squeeze(mat2cell(your_mat,m,n,ones(1,o)));

Answer 2

[Matt J]

 C=num2cell(permute(a,[1,3,2]),[1,2]);