Re: string-beginners question

[David Bateman]

Perhaps the command you want to look at is fileparts.. Consider

octave:1> [dir,name,ext] = fileparts("/mydir/myfile.myext")
dir = /mydir
name = myfile
ext = .myext

I think this will do what you want..

D.

According to Jiri Pachman <address@hidden> (on 10/08/04):
> Hi everyone,
> I can not find answer concerning string creation using dir/ls command.
> 
> I want to create string containing output of dir command. I have file with  
> specific suffix and I want to use it later for loading files of the same  
> name.
> 
> Example:
> test.inf
> test_001.dat
> test_002.dat
> test_003.dat
> test_004.dat
> 
> I would like to use the *.inf to create string with the name test.res and  
> than use part of this string to identify other files for loading. I hoped  
> a = ls *.inf could do it but it does not work. I can create this string  
> manually but I believe there has to be a way.
> 
> If you could help me out or point me in the direction where I can read  
> something about it I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks
> Jiri Pachman
> 
> 
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