findFullFileFromPrefix.m

% This function is part of the NMSM Pipeline, see file for full license.
%
% Finds the first instance of a file with the given prefix in the given
% directory and returns the full file path.
%
% (string, string) -> (string)
% returns the full file name with the given prefix in the directory


function fullfilename = findFullFileFromPrefix(directory, prefix)
fullfilename = '';
files = dir(directory);
for i=1:length(files)
    index = strfind(files(i).name, prefix);
    if(length(index)==1)
        fullfilename = fullfile(directory, files(i).name);
        break;
    end
end
end