How to combine multiple .dat files.

I have 5 files (.dat) that are 2x20 (row,col) I want to import them and combine them in one file, the new file should (10x20)

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Just call csvread or dlmread 5 times, then concatenate, then call csvwrite
m1 = csvread(filename1);
m2 = csvread(filename2);
m3 = csvread(filename3);
m4 = csvread(filename4);
m5 = csvread(filename5);
mOut = [m1;m2;m3;m4;m5];
csvwrite(fileNameOut, mOut);

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Thank you very much
Katey Faber
Katey Faber on 11 Apr 2022
Edited: Katey Faber on 11 Apr 2022
Is there an easy way for use a for loop with this method to csvwrite() hundreds of files?
You can use a for loop
outputFolder = 'c:\whatever';
if ~isfolder(outputFolder)
mkdir(outputFolder);
end
for k = 1 : 200
data = GetNewDataSomehow();
baseFileName = sprintf('File #%2.2d.csv', k)
fullFileName = fullfile(outputFolder, baseFileName);
writematrix(data, fullFileName);
end

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