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February 26th, 2008

MATLAB Basics: Getting a directory listing

In the past we covered how to use UIGETFILE as an alternative to hardcoding the name of a file in your program. [click here] In this video, we will show how MATLAB can get a directory listing and use it to batch process the files in a directory.

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By Doug Hull

09:39 UTC | Posted in MATLAB Basics, PodCast, Video | Permalink |

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4 Responses to “MATLAB Basics: Getting a directory listing”

  1. mans replied on February 26th, 2008 at 15:45 UTC :

    Hello,
    I know that it is off topic but I hope I can an answer. Which software do you use to create these videos? They are very well created and they are very informative.

    Best regards
    Mans

  2. Doug replied on February 26th, 2008 at 15:57 UTC :

    Mans,

    I use Camtasia.

    http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

    Doug

  3. Russell W replied on January 22nd, 2009 at 00:35 UTC :

    Wow! I work in computational psychology and really prefer to keep my subject’s data in individual .mat files with their subject numbers. Until now, when I aggregated the data I would physically move copies of the .mat files into new directories. Now I can keep them all in one and select them in a loop based on certain criteria. Awesome! You just saved me weeks of work!

  4. Doug replied on January 23rd, 2009 at 16:54 UTC :

    Russell,

    Thanks for letting me know. We like to hear that these blogs are helpful to people. Be sure to subscribe to this, and the other MathWorks blogs for more great ideas!

    -Doug

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