MATLAB: Select folder by its name

foldersort filesuigetdir

Good Morning, I'd like to sort folders from a folder, let's say:

I have the folder "A" which contains folders:

if I use

d = uigetdir('C:\A\number') %where number is the name of the folder,it works.

What about taking 'number' as a variable inside the "uigetdir"? Thanks, jahnludvik

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n = 10;
d = uigetdir( [ 'C:' filesep 'A' filesep num2str(n) ] )

should work. There are other ways to compose a filename from parts if you prefer, using the fullfile function, but it is equivalent so it's up to you.

fullfile( 'C:', 'A', num2str(n) );

would be the fullfile alternative.

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