MATLAB: How to load a set of files ordered by date and time

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I know there is a loop that can be written to do this. I have many files ordered by time and date that I would like to load. They are in the following format:
TS2004.07.01.0000.txt
TS2004.07.01.0300.txt
TS2004.07.01.0600.txt …
TS2004.07.01.2100.txt
TS2004.07.02.0000.txt …
How can I write the loop so that these files load without me having to manually write out the whole list?

Best Answer

Dear Patrick, you can use 'dir' command to get information of all the files in a specific folder as:
files = dir('C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\*.txt'); % Get infotmation of all .txt files on Desktop
names = {files.name}; % Get the name of files and save them in a cell array
Then you can use 'names' to load files easily. I hope it helps. Good luck!
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