How to loop a script?

Let's say I have a script named "Setup.m" which simply loads in 10 datasets (that are named data_1.csv, data_2.csv, etc) through csvread as follows:

Source_data{4,k} = csvread(sprintf('data_%d.csv',k));

Now, I want to run this script through a for loop using a master script (called "Master.m") as follows:

 for k = 1:10;
     run Setup
 end

But I get the error: "Unrecognized function or variable 'k'."

How can I get the index k to be recognized through the master script?

Answer 1

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setup.m would look like this:

% Read 10 CSV files into Source_data
Source_data = cell(4, 10);
for k = 1 : 10
    baseFileName = sprintf('data_%d.csv',k)
    fullFileName = fullfile(pwd, baseFileName);
    if isfile(fullFileName)
        Source_data{4,k} = csvread(fullFileName);
    end
end

Master.m would look like this:

setup;

You would have no access to Source_data in Master.m unless you made setup.m a function and returned it, like this:

% setup.m
% Read 10 CSV files into Source_data
function Source_data = setup()
Source_data = cell(4, 10);
for k = 1 : 10
    baseFileName = sprintf('data_%d.csv',k)
    fullFileName = fullfile(pwd, baseFileName);
    Source_data{4,k} = csvread(fullFileName);
end

and Master.m would look like this:

Source_data = setup;