Hi Stefanie,
How about using a cell array.
A={'C:\Data\file1.txt',
'C:\Data\file2.txt',
'C:\Data\file3.txt',
'C:\Data\file4.txt',
'C:\Data\file5.txt',
'C:\Data\file6.txt',
'C:\Data\file7.txt'};
Then you can use A{1}, A{2}, and so on.
If you want to do it your way:
for nn = 1:5
test = ['c:\data\file' num2str(nn) '.txt'],
end
