get directory from edittext and use it in cd

Hi, I'm new in Matlab. I created a gui with edittext, I want that the user type (or past) the location of the folder, and then get this location and set it in cd: x = get(handles.edit1,'String') cd x

[Stephen23]

Don't use cd: changing the directory is slow and makes debugging more difficult. Instead, just use the directory path to create an absolute filename: all MATLAB functions that read/write files accept absolute filenames. Using absolute/relative filenames is much more efficient than changing directories.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/specify-file-names.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fullfile.html

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

I would suggest you use uigetdir(). Just run a=uigetdir and get a sense of it. You can pass the returned string a to the Editbox.