How do I determine the most recently updated file in a folder in MATLAB?

I need to load the latest file in a directory into the MATLAB workspace, but I do not know how to determine the most recently updated file.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This functionality does not come built-in with MATLAB.

However, this is easy enough to do with a custom function. As an example, use the attached MATLAB function file "getlatestfile.m". This function accepts the full directory path as the input and returns the most recent file in that directory.