convert cell array to string
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Dear all,
I have the matrix
A={ 'EE' [ 1]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' '2'
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' '3'
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [ 4]};
I want to convert the values of the last column to strings so as to have
A={ 'EE' '1'
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' '2'
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' '3'
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' [NaN]
'EE' '4'};
Answers (1)
Azzi Abdelmalek
on 13 Mar 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek
on 13 Mar 2013
c2=A(:,2)
idx=cellfun(@(x) isnumeric(x)& ~isnan(x),c2)
c2=cellfun(@num2str,c2,'un',0)
A(idx,2)=c2(idx)
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