Overwrite empty cell array with strings
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I have an empty cell array, I want to add a row of strings to this matrix.
The empty matrix is 12x100. The row of strings can vary in length, but will always be below 100. Hence I want an oversized cell array to accommodate larger rows of strings. I want to put the row of strings into a specified row within the empty matrix, in my example code, I'm trying to put the row of stings into the first 41 columns in row 2....
I don't understand why the below code doesn't work:
MasterCellArray{2,1:41}=rowofstrings
or
MasterCellArray{2,1:41}=rowofstrings(1,41)
Any help is appreciated
Accepted Answer
Matt Tearle
on 4 Nov 2014
If rowofstrings is a 1-by-41 cell array then your first line will work if you change the {} to ():
MasterCellArray(2,1:41) = rowofstrings
If not, then you'll have a problem... Using the {} on the left is going to fail because that returns 41 individual elements. If you use (), you're indexing into a 1-by-41 cell array that is a portion of MasterCellArray. That means the expression on the right of the = must also be a 1-by-41 cell array. So if rowofstrings is a (1-by-41) char array, for example, you could do something like:
MasterCellArray(2,1:41) = cellstr(rowofstrings')'
(This converts rowofstrings to a cell array, letter-by-letter, then assigns each cell to the appropriate element of MasterCellArray.)
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