Using switch case to rename files in a folder

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Louise Wilson 2020-5-11

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I have a folder of .png files which have a timestamp printed on them. Unfortunately, the only metadata in the .png files is the date, so I am having to manually create a timestamp for the filename of each image. To do this, I first of all numbered each .png from each day from 0001-end. For the first day of each batch of images, I can then look at which number=what time, and add that time to the filename. This is what I have done here:

%5th May 2020, Louise Wilson
%Rename files in a folder.
location=('H:\Cameras\Cameras_frames\SiteOne_rename'); %place where files to be renamed are
d=dir(fullfile(location, '*png')); %list all files in folder
files=length(d); %number of files in folder
for i=1:files
    
    %get site
    site=strsplit(location, {'\', '_'});
    site=site(5);
    
    
    %get date
    file=strsplit(d(i).name, {'-', '.'});
    filedate=file(1); %yyyymmdd
    
    %get number
    framenumber=char(file(2)); %####.png
    
    %get time
    
    switch framenumber
            case '0001'
            timeis='0600';
            
            case '0002'
            timeis='0640';
            
            case '0003'
            timeis='0650';
            
            case '0004'
            timeis='0700';
            
            case '0005'
            timeis='0710';
            
            case '0006'
            timeis='0720';
            
            case '0007'
            timeis='0730';
            
            case '0008'
            timeis='0740';
                   
                   
        otherwise
            error('Unknown time!');
    end
    %}
    newfilename=char(strcat(site, '-', filedate, timeis, '-', framenumber)); 
    %newfilename=char(strcat(site, '-', (d(i).name)));
    
    movefile(fullfile(location, d(i).name), fullfile (location, newfilename)); %rename file
    
    clearvars -except location folder d files folderparts sitename
end   

I have removed some of the times to shorten the code but the times actually cover a full day up to 2000.

My problem is that this is quite a long bit of code and also, for the many batches of images I have, the first frame number on each day is not always the same time. The first time depends on when the camera was triggered and that changes every month or so when I check the camera.

I would like to be able to say what the first frame is, and rather than then subsequently list all of the other times, just say that the second image is the first image, plus 10 minutes.

To try to explain clearly:

case '0001'
timeis='0600';
            
case '0002'
timeis= %case0001+10mins;
            
case '0003'
timeis=%case0001+20mins;

So, perhaps some sort of loop to increase the case number by one on each iteration, and with that add 10 mins? Can anyone help? Thanks!

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Stephen23 2020-5-12

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Rather than concatenating strings, it is usually clearer and more efficient to use sprintf, e.g.:

newfilename = sprintf('%s-%s%s-%s',site,filedate,timeis,framenumber);

Calling clearvars is unlikely to be required.

Louise Wilson 2020-5-13

Thanks!

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Stephen23 2020-5-12

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Method one: datetime scalar:

Before the loop, define both the step size and the first time:

>> step  = minutes(10);
>> first = datetime(0,0,0,6,0,0,'Format','HHmm') % could also include the date!
first = 
   0600

The replace the entire switch with this:

timeis = char(first+step*(str2double(framenumber)-1));

Method two: datetime vector:

Before the loop, define a vector of times:

>> step  = minutes(10);
>> first = datetime(0,0,0,6,0,0,'Format','HHmm');
>> dtvec = first:step:datetime(0,0,0,24,0,0); % Select the end time to suit your data

Then replace the entire switch with this:

timeis = char(dtvec(str2double(framenumber)));