Is there a path in the string?

hi,

a: example: f='\report\

b: example =f='c:\root\report\

how can i identify the string with case "a" or with "b"?

in the case 'a' i see a folder..

in case 'b' i see a path with folder

[Govind KM]

Can you explain your question in a bit more detail?

[shamal]

G='FOLDER\'

H='C:\MATLAB\'

ok next step

if G is only a folder

Result=strcat(H,G)

if G is a path (G:\PIPPO\FOLDER\)

Result=H;

I could search if there is a ':' but is not professional solution

if strfind(G,':')

Result=H;

else

Result=strcat(H,G)

end

[Mathieu NOE]

why looking for ':/' char array would not be professionnal ?

[shamal]

it seems too simple

[Mathieu NOE]

why something simple could not be used ?

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

You can utilize the exist() function.

Assume you are at the c:\root folder, and there is a \report sub-folder

exist('\report','dir') will return 0

exist('c:\root\report','dir') will return 7, since 'c:\root\report' is the full path of a folder.

Please note, exist('report','dir') will also return 7.