Listdlg: Only display .wav files and how get filename from s?

Hey all,

With the following code taken (and adapted) from a search on here, I want to only display .wav files in the list. How is this possible?

Also, although i can check which file is chosen by its index in the list (using s), how do i get the string (filename and path etc) of the chosen list member?

d = dir;
str = {d.name};
[s,v] = listdlg('PromptString','Select a wav file:',...
                'SelectionMode','single',...
                'ListSize', [160 160],...
                'Name', 'Choose Audio File..',...
                'ListString',str)

Thanks,

Paul..

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

You only need to make a few changes in your code to get it to do what you describe:

d = dir('*.wav');                                               % Select Only ‘.wav’ Files
str = {d.name};
[s,v] = listdlg('PromptString','Select a wav file:',...
                'SelectionMode','single',...
                'ListSize', [160 160],...
                'Name', 'Choose Audio File..',...
                'ListString',str)
if v
    wav_name = str{s};                                          % File Name Of Selected File
    wav_path = which(wav_name);                                 % Path Of Selected File
else
    fprintf(1, '\tNo file was selected.\n')
end

[Edmund Paul Malinowski]

Hey Star, that works perfectly :) thank you so much

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

[Edmund Paul Malinowski]

Hey Star, Hope you're ok. Sorry to bother you again but as I now have a GUI with a popup menu, whats the best way to populate the popup with the wav files using your code?

[Star Strider]

I’m fine. Thank you.

No bother, other than while I use inputdlg, listdlg and the simpler ones frequently, I don’t have enough experience with GUIs in general to be able to reply, especially not without seeing your code.

I suggest you start a new Question, and please include the relevant parts of your code so that we can see what you’re doing and test our solutions with it.