how do i load a .mat file into matlab from my downloads folder after seeing if it exists or not, thanks

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Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

matname = 'xyz.mat';  %for example
foldername = '/Users/people/stephen';  %for example

fullmatname = fullfile(foldername, matname);
if exist(fullmatname, 'file')
  matfiledata = load(fullmatname);
else
  error('.mat file must be stuck in traffic, is not here yet')
end

[stephen]

thanks a bunch :)