So you want to check if a file or a folder exists in MATLAB? Here’s how to do it.
% The file/folder to find. fPath = 'aLittleFile.m'; % To see what each of these "magic numbers" mean, go to, % http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/exist.html if isequal(exist(fPath,'file'),2) % 2 means it's a file. % We have a file! display('a file!'); elseif isequal(exist(fPath, 'dir'),7) % 7 = directory. % We have a folder! display('a folder'); else % We have an invalid file or folder. display('an error!'); end |
Note that we use the isequal bit to check if it is actually a file or a folder. If we take the isequal check out, then the first if statement would be true for a file and a folder (since exist(fPath,’file’) would return 7, thus the if statement would be true)!