imreadlastchanged
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Images
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 4.5, Creation date: 2019-02-09, Last change: 2025-09-14
reads in the last modified image of a directory
Description
function useful to read in snapshot save on the desktop directory
See Also: lasttouchedSG
, imreadui
Example Illustration
Syntax
[im,fullnam]=imreadlastchanged([iext,idir])
Input Parameter
iext: | | image extensionsl default is {'*.png' '*.jpg' '*.tif'} |
idir: | | image directory; default is desktopdir |
Output Parameter
im: | | image read in by image read |
fullnam: | | full filename |
Examples
imreadlastchanged
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Algorithm (Workflow)
This function, imreadlastchanged, reads the last modified image from a specified directory. It is part of the SolidGeometry library and was introduced in version 4.5.
Input Parameters
- iext: A list of image extensions to search for. The default is
{'*.png', '*.jpg', '*.tif', '*.jpeg'}.
- idir: The directory to search for images. The default is the desktop directory.
Output Results
- im: The image read from the file.
- fullnam: The full filename of the image.
Algorithm Steps
- Retrieve the image extensions and directory from the input parameters or use the defaults.
- Store the current working directory in
wdir.
- Change the current directory to
idir.
- Call
lasttouchedSG to find the last modified image file matching the extensions in iext.
- Return to the original working directory stored in
wdir.
- Construct the full filename using
idir and the result from lasttouchedSG.
- Read the image using
imread and store it in im.
- If no output arguments are specified, display the image using
imshow and set the title to the filename.
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-19 01:07. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)
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