How to list and load only the first file in folder?
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Hello,
I have about 1500 image files in a folder and listing all using dir() last too long and sometimes crashes the AppDesigner. Is there a way to list only the first image or the first n images at a given time?
Dawid
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Stephen23
on 23 Apr 2020
"I have about 1500 image files in a folder and listing all using dir() last too long and sometimes crashes the AppDesigner."
This is not the fault ot dir, it is the fault of a badly written GUI.
I regularly use dir to return the names (and other data) on many thousands of files at once, it never causes a problem.
"Is there a way to list only the first image or the first n images at a given time?"
Basic MATLAB indexing:
S = dir(..);
S(1).name
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Sahithi Kanumarlapudi
on 23 Apr 2020
Hi,
By using the 'dir' function, you would know the number of files present in the folder. You can then access the required number of files using a loop and by accessing the 'name' property of the file. The following might serve you as an example for displaying the names of first 'n' files.
dirFiles = dir(folderpath);
for i = 1:n
disp(dirFiles(i).name)
end
Similarly you can use other properties like 'folder' to perform your required operation. For more information on 'dir' method refer to the following link
Hope this helps!
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Sahithi Kanumarlapudi
on 23 Apr 2020
As far as I understood the question, he just needs a way to access first few files instead of all the files.
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