dpb <none@non.net> wrote in message <ktmf7b$1hh$1@speranza.aioe.org>...
> You can't guarantee any order of files returned by dir...to ensure
> processing in sequence you'll need to sort the directory by name. That
> minor ( :) ) point aside, do a dir() on each subdirectory you need and
> work on those in sequence -- sotoo of
>
> for i=1:numDirsToProcess
> d{i}=dir(fullfile(dirname(i),'*.txt'));
> end
>
> Above is cell array of directory structures, one for each subdir
> Now go thru them...
>
> for i=1:length(d)
> for j=i:length(d{i})
> ...
> end
> end
>
> Arrange the logic within the loops to get the ones you want from which
> directory; maybe it's better to loop over the files first; depends on
> just what you want to do...
>
> --
>
Ok I think I understand what you are trying to explain, are you saying make a directory of each batch and then process each directory within one loop? I'm having trouble following your code though and can't make sense of the first bit.![]()
> You can't guarantee any order of files returned by dir...to ensure
> processing in sequence you'll need to sort the directory by name. That
> minor ( :) ) point aside, do a dir() on each subdirectory you need and
> work on those in sequence -- sotoo of
>
> for i=1:numDirsToProcess
> d{i}=dir(fullfile(dirname(i),'*.txt'));
> end
>
> Above is cell array of directory structures, one for each subdir
> Now go thru them...
>
> for i=1:length(d)
> for j=i:length(d{i})
> ...
> end
> end
>
> Arrange the logic within the loops to get the ones you want from which
> directory; maybe it's better to loop over the files first; depends on
> just what you want to do...
>
> --
>
Ok I think I understand what you are trying to explain, are you saying make a directory of each batch and then process each directory within one loop? I'm having trouble following your code though and can't make sense of the first bit.