how to select the last image from folder in matlab

I have a lot of pictures and saved in a folder. The images in the folder can continue to grow. I should be able to display the last image that goes into the folder automatically without changing the code.

The code I use:

path = 'E: \ MATLAB Program \ Skrice \ bacteria';
jpeg_files = dir (fullfile (path, '*. jpg'));
for cnt = 43
     I {cnt} = imread (fullfile (path, jpeg_files (cnt) .name));
     figure, imshow (I {cnt});
end

the code is not flexible. Please help. Thank you.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

If you call the dir command and assign it to an output ...

fileList = dir

then fileList is a structure, and fileList.date has the file dates.

[Inggrid Mel]

do you mean the image will be displayed in sequence of time? That's helpful.

So, I have to enter the code FileList = dir after which part of the code?

Is it like this : path = 'E: \ MATLAB Program \ Skrice \ bacteria'; jpeg_files = dir (fullfile (path, '*. jpg')); for cnt =      I {cnt} = imread (fullfile (path, jpeg_files (cnt) .name));      FileList = dir;      figure, imshow (I {cnt}); end

[the cyclist]

The images will not necessarily be listed in time order. You'll need to take those times as an input, and write some code to find the latest time. If you don't know how to do that, I suggest opening a second question specifically about that.

[Stephen23]

"do you mean the image will be displayed in sequence of time?"

The order of the output of dir is not specified:

• If you want the files in alphabetical order you will have to sort them yourself: you have the names.
• If you want the files in chronological order then you will have to sort them yourself: you have the dates.
• If you want the files listed in size order you will have to sort them yourself: you have the file sizes.
• etc.