How to find specified data in table by reffers
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What function that i can use to extract data in table by reference ? for example, i want to extract cell (3,4) to be a 1x1 double. But it must be specified by another cell data. For this case, I want to know the 'period' when 'stepnum' is 3. Thanks
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Dinesh
on 6 Feb 2024
Edited: Dinesh
on 6 Feb 2024
Hello Arif,
To extract a specific cell from a table in MATLAB by reference to another cell's data, you can use logical indexing. For your example, to find the 'Period' when 'StepNum' is 3, here's a sample code:
% Loaded table is assumed to be 'Periodandfrequencies'
% First, find the row where 'StepNum' is 3
row = Periodandfrequencies.StepNum == 3;
% Then, extract the 'Period' from that row
periodValue = Periodandfrequencies.Period(row);
periodDouble = double(periodValue);
Here's a simplified 1 line code that also handles the case where the value for column "StepNum" is a string in single quotes:
periodWhenStepNumIsThree = Periodandfrequencies.Period(strcmp(Periodandfrequencies.StepNum, '3'));
The following documentation link might also help you:
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Stephen23
on 6 Feb 2024
Of course you can use a text comparison function e.g. STRCMP or MATCHES or similar:
etc.
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