Algorithm (Workflow)

This function, dir2cell, is designed to convert the output of a MATLAB dir command into a cell array of file names. It is part of the SolidGeometry library, specifically for file handling tasks.

Input Parameters

• dd: This is the result of a dir command in MATLAB. It is a structure array where each element represents a file or directory, containing fields such as name, folder, and other metadata.

Output Results

• ddl: This is a cell array containing the full paths of files if the folder field is present in the input structure, or just the file names if it is not.

Algorithm Steps

1. Determine the number of elements in the input structure array dd using numel(dd).
2. Initialize a cell array ddl with the same number of elements as dd, each initialized to an empty cell.
3. Iterate over each element of the input structure array dd using a for loop.
4. For each element, check if the folder field exists using isfield(dd, 'folder').
5. If the folder field exists, concatenate the folder and name fields with a file separator filesep and store the result in the corresponding cell of ddl.
6. If the folder field does not exist, store only the name field in the corresponding cell of ddl.

Example Usage

To use this function, you can call it with the result of a dir command, such as:

ddl = dir2cell(dir(desktopdir));

This will convert the directory listing of desktopdir into a cell array of file paths or names.