Read files from folder with specific name

I am using the following code to read all files from a folder:

Files=dir('*');
for k=1:length(Files)
 FileNames=Files(k).name;
end

However I want to read the files which names begin with "word" not just all files in folder. How can I perform such task?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Files=dir('word*.*');

[Reema Alhassan]

hey but here we didn't specify the folder name is that ok?

[Image Analyst]

Yes, it will use files in the current folder. If you want them in a particular folder, you can do

folder = pwd;  % or 'D:\my Images\Reema' or wherever...
filePattern = fullfile(folder, 'word*.*');
fileList = dir(filePattern);

[Hassan Mehmood Khan]

Thank you

it was very helpful

[sania urooj]

hey! I want to read files (mat) also, the name of the folder (label) . What to do?

[Image Analyst]

@sania urooj, I'm not sure what names you have and what you want. Why can't you just change the filePattern wildcard to be what you want???

[Ihaveaquest]

what if there are multiple files with similar name but you only want the most current created ??

[Image Analyst]

@Ihaveaquest, to find the newest file, do this:

fileList = dir('t*.m')
fileDates = [fileList.datenum]
% Find newest file
[maxDate, index] = max(fileDates)
fprintf('The newest file is:\nName: %s\nDate: %s\n', ...
    fileList(index).name, fileList(index).date)