Only Import File when it contains certain numbers from a Table - matlab

Question

I got a couple 100 sensor measurement files all containing the date and time of measurement. All the files have names that include date and time. Example:
07-06-2016_17-58-32.wf
07-06-2016_18-02-32.wf
...
...
08-06-2016_17:48-26.wf
I have a function (importfile) and a loop that imports my data. The loop looks like this:
Files = dir('C:\Osci\User\*.waveform');
numFiles = length(Files);
Data = cell(1, numFiles);
for fileNum = 1:numFiles
Data{fileNum} = importfile(Files(fileNum).name);
end
Not all of these waveform files are useful. The measurement files are only useful if they were generated in a certain time period. I got a table that shows my allowed time periods:
07-Jun-2016 18:00:01
07-Jun-2016 18:01:31
07-Jun-2016 18:02:01
...
I want to modify my loop, so that the files (.waveform files) are only imported if the numbers for day (first number), hour (4th number) and minute (5th number) from the files match the numbers of the table containing the allowed time periods.
EDIT: Rather than a scalar hour, minute, and second, there is a vector of each. In my case, MyDay, MyHour and MyMinute are 1100x1 matrices while fileTimes only consists of 361 rows.
So, using the provided example the loop should only import file
07-06-2016_18-02-32.wf
since it is the only one where the numbers match (in this case 7, 18, 02).
EDIT2: Using #erfan's answer (and changing some directories and variable names) I have the following working code:
fmtstr = 'O:\\Basic_Research_All\\Lange\\Skripe ISAT\\Rohdaten\\*_%02i-*-*_%02i-%02i-*.wf';
Files = struct([]);
n = size(MyDayMyHourMyMinute);
for N = 1:n;
Files = [Files; dir(sprintf(fmtstr, MyDayMyHourMyMinute(N,:)))];
end
numFiles = length(Files);
WaveformData = cell(1, numFiles);
for fileNum = 1:numFiles
WaveformData{fileNum} = importfile(Files(fileNum).name);
end

Answer 1

Since your filenames are pretty well defined as dates and times, you can prefilter your list by turning them into actual dates and times:
% Get the file list
Files = dir('C:\Osci\User\*.waveform');
% You only need the names
Files = {Files.name};
% Get just the filename w/o the extension
[~, baseFileNames] = cellfun(#(x) fileparts(x), Files, 'UniformOutput', false);
% Your filename is just a date, so parse it as such
fileTimes = datevec(baseFileNames, 'mm-dd-yyyy_HH-MM-SS');
% Now pick out the files you want
% goodFiles = fileTimes(:, 4) == myHour & fileTimes(:, 5) == myMinute & fileTimes(:, 6) == mySecond;
goodFiles = ismember(fileTimes(:, 4:6), [myHour(:), myMinute(:), mySecond(:)], 'rows');
% Pare down your list of filenames
Files = Files(goodFiles);
% Preallocate your data cell
Data = cell(1, numel(Files));
% Now do your loop
for idx = 1:numel(Data)
Data{idx} = importfile(Files{idx});
end
You will, of course, need to define myHour, myMinute and mySecond. Of course, using the logical indexing in goodFiles, you could impose any sort of time criteria, like time or date range. If you find that your filenames aren't so well defined, you could parse out the filename using textscan or strfind to get the bits you want. The important thing is that cell arrays can be indexed into in much the same way as numerical or string arrays and it's often better to vectorize your filter criteria and then only do the loop on the parts you have to.
The OP indicated in a comment below that rather than a scalar hour, minute, and second, there is a vector of each. In that case, use ismember to match the two time vectors and return a logical index vector. With 2015a, MathWorks introduced the function ismembertol, which allows one to check membership within a certain tolerance.

Answer 2

You can apply your selection from the beginning. Imagine the acceptable values for day, hour and minute are saved in acc as an n*3 matrix. If you replace the first line of your code with:
fmtstr = 'C:\Osci\User\%02i-*-*_%02i-%02i-*.wf';
Files = struct([]);
for ii = 1:n
Files = [Files; dir(sprintf(fmtstr, acc(ii,:)))];
end
Then you have already applied your criteria to Files. The rest is the same.