Selecting files from a directory

Probably a simple question but i currently use

sims = uigetdir ('C:\Matlab')
info = dir(fullfile(sims,'*.in'))
list = {info.name}

Which brings up the popup window where i selected my folder, in this case 'RRfiles' which then gives me the list of the files in there and away we go. I am trying to do this without having to select the folder manually.

I have tried sims = dir ('C:\Matlab\RRfiles') which does tell me how many files are in there but the answer should be 26 and it is actually 28 because of '.' and '..' so i need a way of filtering out these files just like before. but putting info = dir(fullfile(sims,'*.in')) afterwards doesnt work. Any advice would be appreicated.

Answer 1

[Chunru]

sims = pwd; %uigetdir ('C:\Matlab')
save test.in sims   % create a file
info = dir(fullfile(sims,'*.in'))

info = struct with fields:
       name: 'test.in'
     folder: '/users/mss.system.GGGSp8'
       date: '11-Oct-2021 11:53:45'
      bytes: 199
      isdir: 0
    datenum: 7.3844e+05

list = {info(~[info.isdir]).name}   % this will separate folders from files

list = 1×1 cell array
    {'test.in'}

[Cheggers]

This only works if i am inside the folder with thee .in files. I am trying to run my code from inside \matlab and within this there is the sub folder of rrfiles. I want to be able to use the files from inside the folder while not having to actually cd into it

[Rik]

Churnu probably only used pwd because the online running tool is limited. You should use uigetdir instead.

The posted code works without cd.

[Cheggers]

I am trying to do it without uigetdir so that i dont have to select the folder when i run my code.

[Chunru]

Rik is right. I am using pwd and a file to demonstrate the commands later. It is the line "list = {info(~[info.isdir]).name}" that remove the '.' and '..' folders.

[Cheggers]

Right that makes sense now.