Sort characters w/ number in a field of struct array

Hi everyone,

I am wondering what function should I use to reorgnize the name in a certain way (e.g., descending). I think "sort" function does not work here.

Thank you.

[Cheeesepondue]

Hi, It seems like natsortfiles function does not work..

This one helped!

[~, reindex] = sort( str2double( regexp( {A.name}, '\d+', 'match', 'once' )))

A = A(reindex) ;

[Jan]

What does "reorganize the names in a certain way" exactly mean? Which way? I guess per isakson's idea hits the point, but it is easier, if you reveal, what you want to achieve.

[Cheeesepondue]

I wanted to sort the field of "name" in the descending order, starting from ~_1.scv to ~_end number.scv. I agree with what you said!

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Search FEX for sort natural and see Natural Order Sorting

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

You could download natsortfiles, which now directly sorts the DIR output structure:

S = dir(..);
S = natsortfiles(S); % alphanumeric sort by filename

[Cheeesepondue]

As a beginner of MATLAB who is avidly learning lots of features, I am realizing the importance of reading through documentations. Thank you for your tip!