Selecting a file to create a plot on MATLAB

Hello, all!

I'm putting together script to create a plot from date logged via pytthon. Here is what I have so far:

data = csvread('ArTP_Log_2023-01-31_Matlab.csv',11); % Read the data

t = data(:,1) ;

a = data(:,2) ;

b = data(:,3) ;

c = data(:,4) ;

d = data(:,5) ;

e = data(:,6) ;

f = data(:,7) ;

g = data(:,8) ;

h = data(:,9) ;

i = data(:,10) ;

j = data(:,11) ;

plot(t,a,t,b,t,c,t,d,t,e,t,f,t,g,t,h,t,i,t,j)

legend('Stage 1','Stage 2','Stage 3','Stage 4','Strap','Cell','Copper Collar','Copper Plate','MT','CT')

It runs and plots just fine, though I'm thinking of adding elements later on. Primarily, I'm wondering how to be able to select a file rather than use the line 'data = csvread('file' , 'range')' and have to manually insert filename and range. Any thoughts? Any help is appreciated!

[Voss]

Note that all of this:

t = data(:,1) ;
a = data(:,2) ;
b = data(:,3) ;
c = data(:,4) ;
d = data(:,5) ;
e = data(:,6) ;
f = data(:,7) ;
g = data(:,8) ;
h = data(:,9) ;
i = data(:,10) ;
j = data(:,11) ;
plot(t,a,t,b,t,c,t,d,t,e,t,f,t,g,t,h,t,i,t,j)

Can be replaced by this:

plot(data(:,1),data(:,2:11))

[Christopher]

Awesome! That will clean things up

[Rik]

@Christopher did you see either answer below? You should consider marking one of them as accepted answer, or comment with the remaining issue.

Answer 1

[Voss]

uigetfile is the standard way to prompt the user to select a file.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uigetfile.html

Answer 2

[Rik]

You mean like uigetfile and prompt?