Index exceeds matrix dimensions

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Killian Onwudiwe
Killian Onwudiwe on 7 Aug 2019
Commented: Walter Roberson on 8 Aug 2019
please how do I solve the problem of "Index exceeds matrix dimensions".
it keeps return an error on this line "datStruct = importdata(fileNameArray(i).name);" showing that fileNamearray has a strcuture of 0x1 and the index i has a 1x1 structure
below is my code
% shear strain 10A_4_4_55+2_4 right cell
clc;clear;
fileNameArray = dir('*.dat');
for i = 1:50
datStruct = importdata(fileNameArray(i).name);
a1 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1173,:);
a2 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1175,:);
a3 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1167,:);
a4 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1181,:);
a5 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1197,:);
a6 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1213,:);
a7 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1250,:);
a8 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1309,:);
a9 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1369,:);
a10 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1425,:);
a11 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1448,:);
a12 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1469,:);
a13 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1478,:);
a14 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1476,:);
a15 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1474,:);
a16 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1445,:);
a17 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1410,:);
a18 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1372,:);
a19 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1311,:);
a20 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1233,:);
end;
%{
nucleus
a1 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1275,:);
a2 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1277,:);
a3 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1281,:);
a4 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1285,:);
a5 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1315,:);
a6 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1317,:);
a7 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1321,:);
a8 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1325,:);
a9 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1359,:);
a10 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1363,:);
a11 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1367,:);
a12 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1398,:);
a13 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1402,:);
a14 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1433,:);
a15 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1435,:);
a16 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1439,:);
%}
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 7 Aug 2019
Numbering variables like that is a sign that you are doing something wrong.
Using indexing makes code simpler and more reliable.

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Answers (1)

David K.
David K. on 7 Aug 2019
It appears that for some reason fileNameArray is not being populated with values in the line
fileNameArray = dir('*.dat');
Make sure that you that the .dat files you are looking for are in your working folder. If they are in a folder within the working folder you may need to try
dir('*/*.dat')
or
dir('**/*.dat')
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Killian Onwudiwe
Killian Onwudiwe on 8 Aug 2019
thank you this worked fine for me but gives me another error
Attempt to reference field of non-structure array.
Error in normalcell (line 11)
a1 (:,i)= datStruct.data(1173,:);
P.S. I am a newbie in programming and really dont have deep understanding.
Thank you for helping
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 8 Aug 2019
importdata() sometimes returns pure numeric arrays instead of a structure. I avoid using importdata(). You should consider using xlsread() or readtable(); if you have R2019a or later you might be able to use readmatrix()

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