You're asking for something like this, modified for exactly what you want (i.e., the real data, rather than ones).
list1 = {'left','right','top','bum'};
list2 = {'A','B','C','D','E','F'};
list3 = {'1','12','34',73'};
for i = 1:5
for j = 1:6
for k = 1:4
name = [list1{i} '_' list2{j} '_' list{3}];
eval([name ' = ones(8,1);' ])
end
end
end
Its really nasty from a programming point of view. You would be much better simply indexing a large array, or cell array:
for patient = 1:10
for condition = 1:10
Left_ankle{patient}{condition} = ones(8,1);
end
end
