MATLAB: Sort characters w/ number in a field of struct array

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Hi everyone,

I am wondering what function should I use to reorgnize the name in a certain way (e.g., descending). I think "sort" function does not work here.

Thank you.

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Search FEX for sort natural and see Natural Order Sorting

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If, for any reason, you cannot install this function, you can sort your filenames as follows:

 [~, reindex] = sort( str2double( regexp( {A.name}, '\d+', 'match', 'once' )))
 A = A(reindex) ;

Note that it assumes that all files have the same base name. If you have to deal with various base names, then you need the function mentioned in the other answers, or to work a little more on the sorting.

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Download my FEX submission natsortfiles:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/47434-natural-order-filename-sort

and use the regular expression '-?\d{3}' (or similar), e.g.:

D = 'path to the folder where the files are saved';
S = dir(fullfile(D,'Schweben*PLL.mat'));
C = natsortfiles({S.name},'-?\d{3}');

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