about reading strings with strread using a name of variable the string is allocated to

A = c(1,1)

[starting_number] = strread(???,'capture_%03d.fit')

where output for A is A =

    'capture_667.fit'

How can I pass A into the strread??? Is that even possible?

p.s. The strread works if I type in the 'capture_667' inside it

Answer 1

[Orion]

it seems that A is a cell and not a string.

for a string :

A= 'capture_667.fit'
[starting_number] = strread(A,'capture_%3d.fit')

for a cell

A= {'capture_667.fit'}
[starting_number] = strread(char(A),'capture_%3d.fit')

Answer 2

[Thorsten]

Get rid of the extension '.fit'

[pathstr name ext] = fileparts(A);
starting_number = strread(name, 'capture_%03d');