Directory to Cell

NAMES = DIR2CELL converts the directory listing into a cell array in alphabetical order.

NAMES = DIR2CELL(ARG) converts the directory listing based on argument ARG, into a cell array in alphabetical order. ARG may contain wildcards.

[NAMES, DATENUMS, DATES, BYTES, ISDIRS] = DIR2CELL(ARG), also returns the modification date as a MATLAB serial date number in double array DATENUMS, the modification date in cell array DATES, the number of bytes in double array BYTES, and a Boolean variable designating if is a directory or not in logical array ISDIRS.

Example:
files = dir2cell('*.m')