having trouble with changing Matrix name

I want to name my outputs A_10_1, A-10_2,..., A_10_n; A_20_1, A_20_2,...,A_m_n; Where output A_m_n was generated with variable m and it is nth replication result.
Please help me to write code thanks

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 23 Apr 2015
Edited: Stephen23 on 19 Jun 2019
Your terminology is not clear because you are mixing the terms file and variable. Are you talking about a file of data that is saved on a hard-drive, or a variable (e.g. a matrix) that is inside MATLAB's workspace?

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You can store matrices of different sizes in a cell array:
for m=1:Nm
for n=1:Nn
A{m,n} = myfunction(m,n);
end
end

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In short, to create a filename from two integers, do this
for m = 1 : whateverM
for n = 1 : whateverN
filename = sprintf('A_%d_%d.dat', m, n);
end
end

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My file 'call it Z, for example' is a matrix that I want to save it with its values with this new name. However, when I use the above code the matrix is deleted and replaced with characters that are stated in sprintf.
How I keep the matrix but only change its name? by the way m and n are supplied by function call and represent input [output]=function F(m,n)
Files and matrices are two completely different things. It helps if you use the proper terminology.
DO NOT create matrices with dynamic names such as A_10_1. Instead use a single cell array or if all these matrices are the same size a higher dimension matrix.
As Guillaume, Stephen, and now me (now that I know you want to create matrices and not filenames like you said in the subject line) all say, this is a bad idea and we recommend you read the FAQ to learn why. It's better if you just use functions to process the same named variable, within a loop to handle the 16 different cases where the array has different values, OR use a larger array so that all of your 16 arrays can be in the same single array, and you just get to them by changing the index.
ok. thanks Image Analyst for the suggestion. I try to learn that

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 23 Apr 2015
Edited: Stephen23 on 19 Jun 2019

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@Razieh: Please follow the links Stephen has posted. The topic of numbered names of variables has been discussed thousands of times before and this is a severely bad method of beginners. The solution is easy: NEVER hide indices in the names of variables, but use arrays instead.
Thanks Jan Simon

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