How to read files in ascending order based on the maximum value of the file from subfolders?

I have table.txt files in the subfolders of a directory. First I want to find the maximum value of a particular coulmn of the table.txt file. Then, I want to read these files in an ascening order based on these values. I can read the files. But unable to sort the files in the way I want to process the data further. Can somebody help me out?

allTables = dir('**/table.txt');

tablemax =zeros();

for ii = 1:numel(allTables)

thisFolder = allTables(ii).folder;

inFile = fullfile(thisFolder, allTables(ii).name);

A = readmatrix(inFile);

% do stuff ...

I=max(A(:,13));

tablemax(1:length(I),ii)=I;

end

iinew=sort(tablemax);

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

S = dir('**/table.txt');
for k = 1:numel(S)
    F = fullfile(S(k).folder, S(k).name);
    A = readmatrix(F);
    % do stuff ...
    I = max(A(:,13));
    S(k).max = I;
end
[~,X] = sort([S.max]);
S = S(X)

[Sateesh Kandukuri]

Dear Stephen, thank you so much for the code. But I got the following error.

Dimension argument must be a positive integer.

Error in sort_files (line 9)

[~,X] = sort(S.max);

[Stephen23]

@Sateesh Kandukuri: fixed now, the line must be:

[~,X] = sort([S.max]);

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/comma-separated-lists.html

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1656435-tutorial-comma-separated-lists-and-how-to-use-them

[Sateesh Kandukuri]

Stephen, thanks a million. It's working.