Searching for a file containing certain words

Hi,

Want to search for a file that has word1, word2 and word3 in the file name. I realize I can do this by using File=dir('* word1 * * word2 * * word3 *') However, I would like to be able to loop over different values of each word to select different files.

For example I want to find files containing the following words from many files:

A, 1, top
B, 1, top
C, 1, top

I thought I could make word1 into an array containing A, B and C but then I cannot use the dir statement above. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Many Thanks

Answer 1

[Akira Agata]

How about the following code?

word1 = {'A','B','C'};

for kk = 1:numel(word1)
  str = ['*',word1{kk},'*1*top*'];
  File=dir(str);
  % Some process here
  ...
end

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

I would recommend loading in all of the file names first, and then doing appropriate string searches, using regexp() or strfind() or contains()