% input_path = 'D:\OneDrive\MSc_Thesis\Projects\NEOs_orbits\OutputFiles\';
input_path = '.';
files_ast_orbits = dir(fullfile(input_path,'*.csv'));
% initialize a struct array with name and pos fields
ast_database = repmat(struct('name','','pos',[]),1,numel(files_ast_orbits));
for i = 1:numel(files_ast_orbits)
% read each file into a cell array
C = readcell(fullfile(input_path,files_ast_orbits(i).name));
% the name is the contents of the first cell
ast_database(i).name = C{1};
% convert the name to character vector if it is not already
if ~ischar(ast_database(i).name)
ast_database(i).name = num2str(ast_database(i).name);
end
% make the position data a matrix, store in the 'pos' field
ast_database(i).pos = reshape([C{3:end,:}],[],3);
end
% check it:
ast_database
{ast_database.name}
ast_database(1).pos
