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Imread single image file using wildcard MatLab

I have a bunch of images in a folder and they are indexed. Eg: 

01_Cat.jpg 
02_Dog.jpg

and so on. Now, I want to read an image, but I don't want to give the full image name. Is it possible to read an image by using wildcards like below

A = imread('01_*.jpg');
B = imread('02_*.jpg');

This is not working. MatLab is taking * it literally.

Solution

  • I believe the use of wildcards is not supported in imread, however you can work around it using the dir function as follows:

    A = imread(getfield(dir('01_*.jpg'),'name'));
B = imread(getfield(dir('02_*.jpg'),'name'));