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satwick guturu
satwick guturu on 22 Oct 2022
Answered: Jan on 22 Oct 2022
I have a cell array A =
{ a1 = 1}
{ a2 = 2}
{ a3 = 3}
{ a4}
{ a5}
{ a6 = 6}
I have used a split command to split the cell A into two cells based on the delimiter ( B = split(A ,'='); )
I get an error
Element 4 of the text contains 0 delimiters while the previous elements have 1. All elements must contain the same number of delimiters.
I want the output to be
B =
{a1} {1}
{a2} {2}
{a3} {3}
{a4}
{a5}
{a6} {6}
Can anyone help me in this ?
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 22 Oct 2022
That's not MATLAB code. See:
A =
Invalid expression. Check for missing or extra characters.
{ a1 = 1}
{ a2 = 2}
{ a3 = 3}
{ a4}
{ a5}
{ a6 = 6}
Please either give code to generate A properly or attach A in a .mat file. I also have no idea what you mean for B so create a B and attach it in the .mat file also so we can see what it really is.
satwick guturu
satwick guturu on 22 Oct 2022
Sorry for my vague explanation above. Below would be the code
A = {'a1 = 1'; 'a2 = 2'; 'a3 = 3'; 'a4 ';'a5 ';'a6 = 6';'a7 = 7'};
B = split(A,'=');
and the error
Error using split (line 99)
Element 4 of the text contains 0 delimiters while the previous elements have 1. All elements must contain the same number of delimiters.

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Jan
Jan on 22 Oct 2022
You want the output:
B =
{a1} {1}
{a2} {2}
{a3} {3}
{a4}
{a5}
{a6} {6}
This is not possible. A cell matrix is still a matrix and this means, that all rows must have the same number of elements. This is the cause for the split function to fail.

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