How to get file names only when using dir()?

Hello I am trying to get only the file names after using the dir() function without using a for loop. For the moment I am doing the following:

clc;
clear;

folder = uigetdir();
fileList = dir(fullfile(folder, '*.mat'));

Is there a possible way to do what I want in order to be able to sort them and manipulate them easily?

Answer 1

[Monika Jaskolka]

fileList = {fileList.name}

If you want to remove the file extension:

fileList = strrep(filelist, '.mat', '')