How to store strings into array?

I am reading filename from directory and want to store it into array.

srcFiles = dir('E:\abc\*.bmp');  % the folder in which ur images exists
for i = 1 : length(srcFiles)
filename = strcat('E:\abc\',srcFiles(i).name);
names(i,:)=filename;
end

I am getting following error ??? Undefined function or variable 'names'.

[Stephen23]

Why waste your time with a loop anyway ?

 P = 'E:\abc\';
 S = dir(fullfile(P,'*.bmp');
 N = {S.name};
 F = fullfile(P,N)

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

You don't need cellfun

   F=fullfile(P,N)

[Stephen23]

@Azzi Abdelmalek: thank you, I changed the comment.

Answer 1

[Adam]

I wouldn't expect you to be getting that specific error, but strings need to be stored in a cell array, not a numeric array generally:

names{i} = filename;

You may want to presize names though as

names = cell.empty( length(srcFiles), 0 );

or something similar.

[anu]

But how to access names array. I tried >> names It shows me Columns 1 through 6

    [1x33 char]    [1x33 char]    [1x33 char]    [1x33 char]    [1x33 char]    [1x32 char]

Columns 7 through 10

    [1x32 char]    [1x32 char]    [1x32 char]    [1x32 char]
How to access names array. Also how to store all 100 names on separate row in excel sheet.

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

names{1}
names{2}

[anu]

Thanks a lot. But when I stored names in excel sheet xlswrite('c:\data.xls',names,'sheet1') it stores name in single row in different columns. But I want the names in different row but same column. How to do it?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

I think the reason is obvious, your cell array is a row vector, then you have just to transpose it

names=names'

[anu]

Thanks a lot.

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

names=fullfile('E:\abc\',{srcFiles.name})