Re: Select every other image and move into specific folder

Posted by rtas on Nov 01, 2013; 5:21pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Select-every-other-image-and-move-into-specific-folder-tp5005416p5005423.html

I did not describe clearly.
Essentially I have many images in main folder and images are consist of three images as one set.
These one set of three images (E8_001_001, E8_001_002, E8_001_003) need to go one folder.
Then next  one set of three images (ie. E8_002_001, E8_002_002, E8_002_003) need to go another folder.
I want to keep original image file name and the folder name can be same as first image file (E8_001_001, E8_002_001..).  
If i could do this as one code that would be great. But i do not know how. so i separate code as three steps:
first code; select every first image out of three and create the individual folder
second code: select every second image out of three and move them into the folder that is associated with the first image
third code: select every third image out of three and move them into the folder that is associated with first and second image. (i don't have this yet since the second code has problem of the file name)  
 

I have the other code before this as you suggested to use i+=3 instead of 2, as first code as below:

//Get the directory
  dir = getDirectory("Choose a Directory ");
  SaveDir = getDirectory("Choose a Sort Save Directory ");
 
//Create file list
        list = getFileList(dir);
        print("number of files in the Directory ="+ list.length);
       
//Look throug the list - and move the files to
        for (i=0; i<list.length; i+=3 ) {
                        if (endsWith(list[i], "/")){
                                //listFiles(""+SubDirNames[0]+list[i]);
                        }else{
                        //Split the Name by "." and look at the first Entry
                                Data = split(list[i],".");
                       
                        // Make directory name
                                DirName = Data[0];
                               
                        //Ceate that directory
                                File.makeDirectory(SaveDir+File.separator+ DirName);

                                                 // Move the file to that Dir
                                File.rename(dir + list[i],SaveDir + DirName + File.separator + list[i]);
                                       
                                }
                }




Then the second code is the one i listed as previous post:

dir = getDirectory("Choose main Directory");///this contains the subdirectory, and tiffs
dir2 = getDirectory("choose the subdirectory folder"); ///this contains the folder specific to each section
 

        list = getFileList(dir);
        list2 = getFileList(dir2);
        print("number of files in the Directory ="+ list.length);
       n=1;

        for (i=1; i<list.length; i+=2 ) {
                        if (endsWith(list[i], ".tif")){
                                 print(list[i]);
                                for (k=0; k<list2.length; k++){
                        if (endsWith(list2[k], "/")){
                       
                       
                                oldpath= dir + File.separator+  list[i];
                                newpath = dir2 + File.separator+  list2[k] + File.separator+ n+".tif"; ///this renames files to 1
                                print(newpath);
                                print(oldpath);
                                             
                                File.rename(oldpath, newpath);
                                       
                                }
                }}}

The problem here is the file name. I cannot keep the original file name and move those into the associated folders.
I appreciate any suggestion.

Rui