Effacer les filtres
Effacer les filtres

Hello, I have a cell array with the list of files I would like to delete. However I would not like to use a for loop to loop through each file to delete it.

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Files - A cell array of size 1x3 with file names to be deleted.
Files =
1×3 cell array
{'1.txt'} {'2.txt'} {'3.txt'}
Working Code :
for i = 1:length(Files)
delete(string(Files(i)));
end
However, I would like to write a single line of code without for loop to achieve the same.
Note: Every run of my code can have different number of files to be deleted. So hardcoding with the command
delete 1.txt 2.txt 3.txt
will not be helpful.

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Voss
Voss le 8 Mar 2024
Modifié(e) : Voss le 8 Mar 2024
Pass the file names as arguments to delete(). Since the names are already in a cell array, this is easy:
delete(Files{:})
Demonstration:
% make some .txt files:
writematrix(1,'1.txt')
writematrix(2,'2.txt')
writematrix(3,'3.txt')
% get info about the .txt files:
fn = dir('*.txt') % 3 files found
fn = 3x1 struct array with fields:
name folder date bytes isdir datenum
% construct a cell array with the file names:
Files = fullfile({fn.folder},{fn.name});
% delete the files:
delete(Files{:})
% confirm that all three files have been deleted:
fn = dir('*.txt') % 0 files found
fn = 0x1 empty struct array with fields: name folder date bytes isdir datenum
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Stephen23
Stephen23 le 18 Juin 2024
Modifié(e) : Stephen23 le 18 Juin 2024
"This use of calling delete with a cell array of file names is not documented but probably should be in the documentation for delete."
This answer does not call DELETE with a cell array of filenames. In fact it calls DELETE with every filename as a separate input, exactly as documented: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/delete.html
This answer uses a comma-separated list generated from a cell array. A comma-separated list is a general syntactical feature of MATLAB that can be used with any function or operator:
Steve Van Hooser
Steve Van Hooser le 18 Juin 2024
Yes, this is correct. Sorry for my error. DELETE does NOT take cell arrays as an input. (I just realized and was coming back to correct myself! You beat me to it.)
Thanks
Steve

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Chuguang Pan
Chuguang Pan le 8 Mar 2024
maybe you can use cellfun.
Files={'1.txt','2.txt','3.txt'};
cellfun(@delete,Files)
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Krishna Ghanakota
Krishna Ghanakota le 9 Mar 2024
I get the following response
'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Image Analyst
Image Analyst le 17 Juin 2024
I think rm is a unix command. If you're on Windows, use del.

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