display image in subfolder of current folder

hi,

I to display an image which is in one of the sub-folders of the current directory. I know the name of the file. how will i know which sub-folder it is in and how will i display in it???

thanking you in advance.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Preethi, try this:

% Specify the top level folder.
topLevelFolder = 'C:\Users\Mark\Pictures';
% Add this folder and all of its subfolders to the search path.
addpath(genpath(topLevelFolder));
% Define the base file name of the file you are looking for.
baseFileName = 'anagrams.png';
% Display it.  It will find it on the search path if it's there.
imshow(baseFileName);

[Preethi]

I have used system() and check for the path in the output, got the result but process was tedious. What you have suggested is very simple, thank you

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

filename='photo.jpg'; % your image
a=dir
b={a.name};
idx=cellfun(@isdir,b)
c=b(idx)
c=c(3:end)
for k=1:numel(c)
  f=dir
  ii=ismember(filename,{f.name})
  if ii
      im=imread(fullfile(pwd,f,filename))
      figure
      imshow(im)
      break
  end
end

[Walter Roberson]

Note: it is not guaranteed that "." and ".." will be the first two entries in the directory list. The order is arbitrary. You should be testing against the names, not against the positions.