uigetfile, how to get 1x1 cell array when selecting 1 file

Hi All

I use 'uigetfile' for selecting files by the user. This can be multiple files or only 1. When selecting multiple files, then the output is a 1x<number of selected files> cell (array). This works fine and my code (FOR LOOP) handles this beautifully. Then I tested the function with selecting only 1 file, but instead of spitting out an 1x1 cell (array), it spits out a 'char' of the file name. Causing the rest of the FOR LOOP to crash. How do I get the function to spit out a 1x1 cell (array) with the file name?

This is what I use at this point:

[files,folder] = uigetfile({'C:\Logs\NewElectronics\*.*'},'Select log data file', 'MultiSelect','on');

After selecting I check the 'files' variable and I try to convert it to a cell array. So let's say the file is called 'Probe.txt' then

% File checking
	if isequal(files,0)						% Is at least one file selected
		return;
	elseif ~iscell(files)					% Is only one file selected
		files = num2cell(files);			% Convert to cellArray
	end

This results in

{P}{r}{o}{b}{e}{.}{t}{x}{t}     1x9 cell

When I add 'join'

% File checking
	if isequal(files,0)						% Is at least one file selected
		return;
	elseif ~iscell(files)					% Is only one file selected
		files = join(num2cell(files));		% Convert to cellArray
	end

This results in

    {P r o b e . t x t}         1x1 cell

But I need

    {Probe.txt}                 1x1 cell

Thanks for any help in the correct direction.

Regards

Ludo

Answer 1

[Ludo Houben]

This did the trick

% File checking
	if isequal(files,0)						% Is at least one file selected
		return;
	elseif ~iscell(files)					% Is only one file selected
		files = cellstr(files);				% Convert to cellArray
	end

[Stephen23]

Simpler:

if isequal(files,0)
    return
end
files = cellstr(files);