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Subject: if more than a file in dir execute code

From: A Ram

Date: 4 Oct, 2009 05:13:01

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Hi,

How can I code the following in matlab?

If there is more than 1 xls file in the current directory then execute a given comman.

Thanks !

Subject: if more than a file in dir execute code

From: Ashish Uthama

Date: 6 Oct, 2009 13:33:14

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On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:13:01 -0400, A Ram <shal.hat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I code the following in matlab?
>
> If there is more than 1 xls file in the current directory then execute a
> given comman.
>
> Thanks !

Inspect the value of dir('*.xls') (help dir).
Use SIZE/LENGTH to obtain the number of XLS files in the directory.

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