Reduce the clutter:
name = '';
if idx < 10
name = strcat('0',int2str(idx),'.mat');
load(name);
else
name = strcat(int2str(idx),'.mat');
load(name);
end
Smarter:
name = sprintf('%0d.mat', idx);
This fills in a leading zeros on demand.
Do no load data directly into the workspace, because this can cause unexpected side-effects. Catch the output of load() in a variable instead.
[] is Matlab's operator for the concatenation of arrays. In [abs(raw_data)] you concatenate the output of the abs() command with nothing. Simply omit the square brackets.
clear all removes all loaded functions from the memory. Reloading them from the slow disk wastes a lot of time. There are no further benefits of this command, so simply omit it.
It is safer to specify files with a full path. Relying on the current folder is fragile, e.g. when a callback of a GUI or timer changes the current folder. This is so hard to debugm, that it is a good programming practice to use full paths in general.
Summary:
Folder = cd; % Or better define the folder explicitly
Result = zeros(320, 320, 258);
for idx = 1:258
File = fullfile(Folder, sprintf('%0d.mat', idx));
Data = load(File);
Result(:, :, idx) = sqrt(sum(Data.raw_data .^ 2, 3));
end
save(fullfile(Folder, '01_new.mat'), 'Result');
Are the value of the raw_data real? Then there is no need for the abs() command, because the elementwise squaring .^2 removes the sign also.
