Access cell array inside another cell array

Hello,

I have a 50x1 cell array. Each cell is a 2x1 array.

A = {2x1 cell;

   2x1 cell;

   2x1 cell

   etc}

if I get into every cell I have cell = {a b}

I am trying to access each string in the 2x1 cell for all rows (a and b).

So if my array is called A this is the function I am using to extract the each column of the inside cell for all rows:

A = cellfun(@(x) x{:,1}{:,1}, A, 'UniformOutput',0)

B = cellfun(@(x) x{:,1}{:,2}, A, 'UniformOutput',0)

I am getting the following error: "Cell contents reference from a non-cell array object".

I was wondering if anyone can help me accessing those two columns of my multiindex cell array.

Thank you very much

[Patrik Ek]

Have you tried ordinary parenthesis second level?

[Rocio]

Yes, and it returns only the second element on the first string

Answer 1

[Kelly Kearney]

The anonymous function used in cellfun is applied to each element of A, so the input it expects in your case would be a 1 x 2 cell of strings, not the parent cell array of cell arrays:

a = cellfun(@(x) x{1}, A, 'uni', 0);
b = cellfun(@(x) x{2}, A, 'uni', 0);

[Rocio]

It works for a but for b I get the error Index exceeds matrix dimensions

[Kelly Kearney]

Either a) one of the internal cell arrays wasn't a 2 x 1 cell array, or b) you save that first output as A (as in your example above), thus replacing your original A.