How do I grab the files names from a directory and store them in a matrix?

Hi Guys,

I have a bunch of file names in a directory...call it c:\output

They are formatted YYYYMMDD. A sample one is 19870824.csv. There are about 4000 different files. How do I grab the file names and store them in a matrix?

-Larry G.

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

Files=dir('c:\output]*.csv');
Files.name

Files is a structure array containing the file name and other info.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

See http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/20292-storing-filenames-from-directory