Load files from two different folders
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Hi,
I need to upload files from two different folders. I wrote this but it woking just from one folder. How can I add the second folder?
dirname=['D:\Shared\MATLAB\100min\BT']
cd(dirname)
filelist = dir([basename '*_BTlength.mat'])
Thanks
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Stephen23
on 24 Feb 2023
Edited: Stephen23
on 24 Feb 2023
Do NOT use ADDPATH or CD or any other messing around with the MATLAB search path just for acessing data files.
All MATLAB functions which import/export data files accept relative/absolute filenames. Using relative/absolute filenames is more robust, more efficient, and easier to debug than messing around with CD or the search path. You should use relative/absolute filenames.
For example:
P = 'D:\Shared\MATLAB\100min\BT'; % got rid of the superfluous square brackets.
S = dir(fullfile(P,'*_BTlength.mat'));
for k = 1:numel(S)
F = fullfile(S(k).folder,S(k).name);
% do whatever you want with absolute filename F, e.g.:
D = load(F)
end
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Stephen23
on 25 Feb 2023
Edited: Stephen23
on 25 Feb 2023
"I would like to add another folder"
It is easy to specify two paths, e.g.:
P1 = 'D:\Shared\MATLAB\100min\BT';
P2 = 'D:\Shared\MATLAB\100min-rep2\BT';
S = [...
dir(fullfile(P1,'*_BTlength.mat'));...
dir(fullfile(P2,'*_BTlength.mat'))];
for k = 1:numel(S)
F = fullfile(S(k).folder,S(k).name);
% do whatever you want with absolute filename F, e.g.:
D = load(F)
end
Alternatively you can use wildcards in the path name as well, e.g.:
P = 'D:\Shared\MATLAB\100min*\BT';
S = dir(fullfile(P,'*_BTlength.mat'));
for k = 1:numel(S)
F = fullfile(S(k).folder,S(k).name);
% do whatever you want with absolute filename F, e.g.:
D = load(F)
end
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Jacob Ward
on 24 Feb 2023
Use the addpath() function to add the path to your second folder to the working directory:
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