loading multiple text files into one dataset in matlab

main.m
% Define folder directory containing text files
folder = '/path/to/directory/';

% Retrieve list of all text files in the folder
fileList = dir(fullfile(folder, '*.txt'));

% Initialize cell array to store file data
data = cell(1, numel(fileList));

% Load data from each text file into the cell array
for i = 1:numel(fileList)
    fileName = fullfile(folder, fileList(i).name);
    data{i} = load(fileName);
end

% Combine all data into a single dataset
combinedData = vertcat(data{:});
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