I am dividing 8bit binary value to two 4 bits values. How not to get "{}" these bars with my output

I am using the function

result=dec2bin(I(i,j),8);
         value = mat2cell(result,1,[4,4]);

Now I want to store the "value" in some variable but I get it in {'1001'} form and I need it in simple 1001 or '1001' form with the curly I cannot perform any function.

I want to convert the value '1001' to decimal but the function "bi2de()" do not work on it.

thanks

Answer 1

[MUHAMMAD ISLAM]

I got the answer the function give output as value{1} = '1001' and value{2}='1100'. I was storing it as i= value(1) so it used to store it as i={'1001'} but when I tried i=value{1} so it stored correctly i = '1001'

Answer 2

[Dave B]

The function mat2cell converts to a cell array, which is shown with {} and which you can retrieve the values with the same {}

result=dec2bin(58,8)

result = '00111010'

value = mat2cell(result,1,[4 4])

value = 1×2 cell array
    {'0011'}    {'1010'}

value{1}

ans = '0011'

bin2dec(value{1})

ans = 3

value{2}

ans = '1010'

bin2dec(value{2})

ans = 10

You can also apply a function to several cells at once using cellfun:

cellfun(@bin2dec, value)

ans = 1×2

3 10

[MUHAMMAD ISLAM]

thankyou so much Sir resolved much appreciated :)