Values are getting converted to double automatically.

I have to load files having numbers in the filename. For example: CRH_0.5d_15.mat, 0.5d_15.mat. Following is the code I am using to access my files. The problem I am facing is, the values in the array are getting read as double type i.e. instead of b=0.5, it is taking b=0.5000. I tried using format short, but to no avail. Could someone help me with this? Thank you.

ab=[0.5,0.75,1,1.25,1.5,2]
Ln= length(ab)
for l=1:1:Ln
b= ab(l)
a= load('CRH_',num2str(b),'d_15');
end

[KSSV]

Let it be read as double....what problem it is going to cause? Read about IEEE floating point notation.

[Stephen23]

“The problem I am facing is, the values in the array are getting read as double type i.e. instead of b=0.5, it is taking b=0.5000“

What exactly is the problem? So far it just looks like you are confusing how numeric data are displayed with what is stored in memory (not the same thing at all).

[Madhurima Reddy]

The file is getting read as CRH_0.5000d_15.mat, when it should be just CRH_0.5d_15.mat. Because of that, I am getting error saying file is not available in folder.

[Stephen23]

Changing the format controls how numeric values are displayed in the command window, it has nothing to do with functions like num2str. If you want to have more control over the format whilst converting to text then use sprintf or similar.

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

Here is what I get just displaying the character string. I inserted brackets [ ] for concatenation:

ab=[0.5,0.75,1,1.25,1.5,2];
Ln= length(ab);
for l=1:1:Ln
    b= ab(l);
    disp(['CRH_',num2str(b),'d_15']);
end

CRH_0.5d_15
CRH_0.75d_15
CRH_1d_15
CRH_1.25d_15
CRH_1.5d_15
CRH_2d_15

Maybe you just need the brackets [ ].