I'd consider using a struct
array (non-scalar struct
).
Initialize it:
tracked = struct('read','','elapsed',[]);
Fill it out:
tic % then begin reading
% first iteration
k = 1;
tracked(k).read = 'first';
tracked(k).elapsed = toc;
% second iteration
k = 2;
tracked(k).read = 'second';
tracked(k).elapsed = toc;
At this point you will have a 1x2 struct
array, from which you can easily extract data:
>> tracked
tracked =
1x2 struct array with fields:
read
elapsed
>> elapsedTimes = [tracked.elapsed]
elapsedTimes =
1.0e+03 *
5.8084 5.8212
>> readData = {tracked.read}
readData =
'first' 'second'
Of course you could also do a N-by-2
cell array initially, where each row is iteration k
and the two columns are the elapsed time and read character data.