List of Files on a folder

Hi, I have been trying to make this... A dialog box where my input is a directory, once I entry a directory it shows a list of a files contained in the directory... I have tried in so many ways and nothing works :( thanks for advance

Answer 1

[Sebastian Castro]

To make a dialog box, you can use the uigetdlg function:

dirName = inputdlg('Enter value here:')

Then, whatever is returned by the dialog, you can use with the dir function. Notice I had to index into the results because of the way they are formatted:

dirInfo = dir(dirName{1})

That dirInfo variable will be a structure array that will, among other things, have a "name" field associated with it. So I can say:

dirInfo(6).name
ans =
downloads

Also, there is a function called uigetdir which lets you pick a folder using your operating system's file browser (e.g. Windows Explorer). Try this out, as maybe it is closer to what you need?

dirName = uigetdir

- Sebastian