MATLAB: Fileparts error

fileparts

If I run on Matlab 2011b, there is an error like that Error using fileparts Too many output arguments.

Is there alternative way to solve the problem?

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Are you using some code from a prior version where it could take 4 output arguments? Take note of this note:

Note The fourth output argument of fileparts (file version) is no longer supported and has been removed. Calling the function with more than three output arguments generates a warning and will error in a future version.

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Hi Tamir,

Just change line 116 as follows, definetely it will work:

[pathstr,name,ext]=fileparts(fullfile(pathname,file1));

MATLAB: Does FILEPARTS interpret UNIX hidden files as an extension with no basename

FILEPARTS is intended primarily for use following checks for attributes, such as FILEATTRIB. For example:

[stat,mess] = fileattrib(filename);
if mess.directory
% Process as directory
else
% Process as file using FILEPARTS to determine extension
[pathstr, name, ext, versn] = fileparts(filename);
end

In the case of hidden UNIX files, FILEPARTS has been designed to give the same results as common filename-splitting functions in other languages. In particular, the Microsoft Visual C/C++ function _splitpath() interprets .bashrc as a file with null basename and extension '.bashrc'.

To reinterpret this as a basename with no extension, you can check for null basenames:

[pathstr, name, ext, versn] = fileparts(filename);
if isempty(name) && ~isempty(ext)
    name = ext;
    ext = '';
end

The behavior on hidden directories is consistent with the overall intent. File a.b.c should report basename a.b and extension .c; the rules to give this behavior also split parent directory '..' as name '.' and extension '.'.

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