Dot indexing is not supported error

Hello, I am trying to run a function and I get this error 'Dot indexing is not supported for variables of this type'.

Here is the function and the error happens at the commented line.

% function [rc] = kat_meg_sng_parameters_script_20160614(CCid,onset_dir,output_dir,dotrans,owflag, doBlockBasedEstimation)

% 
    subdir = 'C:\Users\aninh\OneDrive - University of Cambridge\HRT project\';
    output_dir = 'C:\Users\aninh\OneDrive - University of Cambridge\HRT project\test_output\';
    matFileMask = 'blk*_event_times.mat';
    
    matFilename = 'C:\Users\aninh\OneDrive - University of Cambridge\HRT project\HRT014\blk1_event_times.mat\';
   %%ERROR HAPPENS HERE%% mat_files = rdir(fullfile(subdir,matFileMask)); mat_files = {mat_files.name}';
    n = length(mat_files);
    if( n == 0 )

Anyone knows how to solve this?

Many thanks!

Answer 1

[Simon Chan]

If there exist a variable name mat_files.name, you are not allowed to use another variable with name mat_files.

You may need to use another name or something like mat_files.newname.