How can I load a set of files ordered by date and time?

I know there is a loop that can be written to do this. I have many files ordered by time and date that I would like to load. They are in the following format:

TS2004.07.01.0000.txt

TS2004.07.01.0300.txt

TS2004.07.01.0600.txt ...

TS2004.07.01.2100.txt

TS2004.07.02.0000.txt ...

How can I write the loop so that these files load without me having to manually write out the whole list?

Answer 1

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Dear Patrick, you can use 'dir' command to get information of all the files in a specific folder as:

files = dir('C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\*.txt'); % Get infotmation of all .txt files on Desktop
names = {files.name}; % Get the name of files and save them in a cell array

Then you can use 'names' to load files easily. I hope it helps. Good luck!