Directory to Cell

Converts directory listing into a cell array.
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Updated 10 Aug 2010

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NAMES = DIR2CELL converts the directory listing into a cell array in alphabetical order.

NAMES = DIR2CELL(ARG) converts the directory listing based on argument ARG, into a cell array in alphabetical order. ARG may contain wildcards.

[NAMES, DATENUMS, DATES, BYTES, ISDIRS] = DIR2CELL(ARG), also returns the modification date as a MATLAB serial date number in double array DATENUMS, the modification date in cell array DATES, the number of bytes in double array BYTES, and a Boolean variable designating if is a directory or not in logical array ISDIRS.

Example:
files = dir2cell('*.m')

Cite As

Kevin Crosby (2024). Directory to Cell (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28442-directory-to-cell), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2010a
Compatible with any release
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Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.0

Implemented Jan Simon's suggestions to eliminate CELL2MAT.

1.0.0.0