Error using imwrite>parse_inputs (line 515) The first argument should not be a string

when i use directory name im getting this error.

dr=uigetdir();
A=dir([dr,'\*.jpg']);
for i=1:size(A)
    B=strcat(dr,'\',A(i).name);
    cd('C:\Users\user17\Documents\MATLAB\C\');
   imwrite(B,'newimage.jpg');

[KSSV]

imwrite is used to write a image......here your B is a string...you can write string using imwrite.....what you are trying to do?

[IP student ;(]

i want to read images from a folder and write it to another folder

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Rajani - try using copyfile to copy the file from one location to another.