cell array converts to matrix, how?
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I want to convert cell 'A' to a matrix 'B'.
A=
columns 1 through 10
{1x1 cell} {1x1 cell} {1x1 cell} {1x1 cell}...
columns 1 through 20
{1x1 cell} {1x1 cell} {1x1 cell} {1x1 cell}...
I want to have a 'B' as:
B =
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 20
I tried B(1)=cell2mat(A{1}), but can I avoid doing it one by one?
Thanks!
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Jan
on 20 Jul 2012
As usual it would be helpful if you post the input data in valid Matlab syntax, such that we can try our suggestion by copy&paste them. Currently it is not clear what the "{1x1 cell}" contains. Looking at your comments it seems, like these are cell strings.
Accepted Answer
Sean de Wolski
on 19 Jul 2012
B = [A{:}];
B = [B{:}];
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Sean de Wolski
on 19 Jul 2012
Are the contents strings?
If so, throw in a:
B = cellfun(@str2double,B);
B = [B{:}]
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Greg Heath
on 20 Jul 2012
The expressions converting a "row cell of cells" to the corresponding "row vector" are
B = [ A{ : } ]
C = [ B{ : } ]
The expression for converting a 2-D cell of cells to the corresponding 2-D matrix is
C = repmat(cell2mat( [ A{:} ] ),size(A))
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Rachel Clark
on 12 Jan 2021
is there a way to make this work for a cell array containing cell arrays of different sizes?
Dijle Kaya
on 30 Mar 2021
Edited: Dijle Kaya
on 30 Mar 2021
Maybe so:
a = strings(1,length(A)) % or a = zeros(1,length(A)), if A is an integerarray
for i = 1:length(A)
a(1,i) = (convertCharsToStrings(A{i})) %if A is a Stringarray
end
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