How to resolve this error Error using fprintf Function is not defined for 'cell' inputs.

If I got a function like this:

function display(a,b,c)
%Where a & b are strings and c is an integer
fprintf('1: %s \n', a);
fprintf('2: %s \n', b);
fprintf('3: %d \n', c);
end

Also, I got an cell array such that

cell= 
'Hi '
'Hey'
'232'

And I want to execute this script:

display(cell{1,1},{2,1},{3,1});

I will get that error

 Error using fprintf Function is not defined for 'cell' inputs.

How to overcome this problem?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

display(cell{1,1}, cell{2,1}, cell{3,1});

Or you could use

display(cell{:});

Answer 2

[KSSV]

fprintf('%s\n',cell{:})

[Maksudul Alam]

Sorry to say, but it doesn't work

[Walter Roberson]

@Maksudul Alam what problem are you observing?

Note: this approach will not work directly if you have a cell array containing things that are compound structures such as struct or cell or table.

cell= {
'Hi '
'Hey'
'232'
}

cell = 3×1 cell array
    {'Hi '}
    {'Hey'}
    {'232'}

fprintf('%s\n',cell{:})

Hi 
Hey
232