GET DIRECTORY LIST OF ONLY .png FILES

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Found code to get listing of names in a directory.

https://processing.org/examples/directorylist.html

but when i set path to “c:/*.png” i get null error
otherwise i can list all the files in “c:/”

asterisk works for searches in windows so it shoudl be supported at the command line level right?

Or is it not supported in the fucnctions somehow?
Thanks

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Hi jeff!
I’m not sure if there is some file method with a wildcard character, but another way to solve your issue is to check if a string ends with the extension characters you’re looking for using the String.endsWith("") method. Here’s an example:

String yourPath = "C:/";
File someFolder = new File(yourPath);
File[] someFolderList = someFolder.listFiles();

for (File someFile : someFolderList) {
  // Check if it's a file or not
  if (someFile.isFile()) {
    // Check if string ends with extension
    if (someFile.getName().endsWith(".png")) {
      println(someFile.getName());
    }
  }
}