scilab : index in variable name loop - variables

Question

i would like to read some images with scilab and i use the function imread like this
im01=imread('kodim01t.jpg');
im02=imread('kodim02t.jpg');
im03=imread('kodim03t.jpg');
im04=imread('kodim04t.jpg');
im05=imread('kodim05t.jpg');
im06=imread('kodim06t.jpg');
im07=imread('kodim07t.jpg');
im08=imread('kodim08t.jpg');
im09=imread('kodim09t.jpg');
im10=imread('kodim10t.jpg');
i would like to know if there is a way to do something like below in order to optimize the
for i = 1:5
im&i=imread('kodim0&i.jpg');
end
thanks in advance

Answer 1

I see two possible solutions using execstr or using some kind of list/matrix
Execstr
First create a string of the command to execute with msprintf and then execute this with execstr. Note that in the msprintf conversion the right amount of leading zeros are inserted by %0d format specifier descbribed here.
for i = 1:5
cmd=msprintf('im%d=imread(\'kodim%02d.jpg\');', i, i);
execstr(cmd);
end
List/Matrix
This is probably the more intuitive option using a indexable container such as list.
// This list could be generated using msprintf from example above
file_names_list = list("kodim01t.jpg", "kodim02t.jpg" ,"kodim03t.jpg");
// Create empty list to contain images
opened_images = list();
for i=1:length(file_names_list)
// Open image and insert it at end of list
opened_images($+1) = imread(file_names_list[i]);
end