Compare on plots variables from two .mat files with same variables

I would like to compare (by plot) variables of two .mat files but the two files contain the same variable names. So I cannot simply load the two files. Do I have to rename manually the variables of each file, or is there a mean to differentiate from which file a variable come from ?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

f1 = load('FirstName.mat');
f2 = load('SecondName.mat');

plot(f1.X, f1.Y, 'b', f2.X, f2.Y, 'k--'); legend({'first file', 'second file'})

Use the function form of load(), which will create a struct with one field for each variable name.

[Martin Delporte]

Thanks