How to load data in MATLAB from current script folder?

Question

There is a script myScript.m, under D:\myProjects, so its location is D:\myProjects\myScript.m

I want to load a .dat file at D:\myProjects\myData\someData.dat

How do I use the load() function without using the absolute path like

data = load('D:\myProjects\myData\someData.dat')   % something I do not want

jeremyjjbrown · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06 01:58:46Z

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data = load('myData\someData.dat')

Use a relative path. This assumes you are executing the program from it's home directory D:\myProjects.

If you need to call the script from different folders you should pass the path to the .dat as an argument to the script.

answered Feb 6, 2014 at 1:38

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What if not running from its home directory? It is a script, not really a function

This is not working ! I have just checked that on Matlab R2012b !

Can you put what you are doing into a pastebin or something? We need more info to help you.