Right hand side of an assignment into a table must be another table or a cell array.

bias = table('Size',[1,11], 'VariableTypes', {'datetime', 'string', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'cell'}, 'VariableNames', ["time", "config", "ypos", "FA", "FN", "thrust", "CTA", "CTC", "VAB", "VBC", "pressure"]);
bias(1,4:10) = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7]; % throws error
bias(1,4) = 5; % Also throws error

both ways of assigning data into my table result in the error "Error using () Right hand side of an assignment into a table must be another table or a cell array."

The data type for these field is all double, why can I not assign a value with row/column indexing in this way? particularly the second one?

I can do

bias.FA = 1;
bias.FN = 2;
% etc...

but is there a way to fill these columns in one line? particularly.. to fill adjacent columns in a table using an array?

[Stephen23]

"The data type for these field is all double, why can I not assign a value with row/column indexing in this way?"

Because parentheses refers to the table array itself.

If you want to refer to the table content then use curly braces:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/access-data-in-a-table.html

Answer 1

[Voss]

bias{1,4:10} = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7];

bias{1,4} = 5;

[cdlapoin]

Thank you, the error message had me convinced that the problem was on the right hand side of the assignment, so I had tried things like:

bias(1,4:10) = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
bias(1,4:10) = {[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]}

but I never tried curly brackets on the left side. The fact that

bias(1,4)

returns a Table datatype should have been a clue, but I still couldn't make the connection.

[Voss]

You're welcome!

Answer 2

[KSSV]

bias = table('Size',[1,11], 'VariableTypes', {'datetime', 'string', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'cell'}, 'VariableNames', ["time", "config", "ypos", "FA", "FN", "thrust", "CTA", "CTC", "VAB", "VBC", "pressure"]);

val = 1:7 ; 
for i = 1:7
    bias.(i+3) = val(i) ;
end

OR

time = datetime ; 
config = {'Missing'} ; 
ypos = 0 ; 
FA = 1 ; 
FN = 2 ; 
thrust = 3 ; 
CTA = 4 ; 
CTC = 5 ; 
VAB = 6 ; 
VBC = 7 ; 
pressure = {100} ; 

bias = table(time,config,ypos,FA,FN,thrust,CTA,CTC,VAB,VBC,pressure)

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

bias = table('Size',[1,11], 'VariableTypes', {'datetime', 'string', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'double', 'cell'}, 'VariableNames', ["time", "config", "ypos", "FA", "FN", "thrust", "CTA", "CTC", "VAB", "VBC", "pressure"]);

%version 1
bias(1,4:10) = num2cell([1 2 3 4 5 6 7]);
bias(1,4) = {5};

%version 2
bias{1,4:10} = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7];
bias{1,4} = 5;

bias

bias = 1×11 table
    time     config      ypos    FA    FN    thrust    CTA    CTC    VAB    VBC      pressure  
    ____    _________    ____    __    __    ______    ___    ___    ___    ___    ____________

    NaT     <missing>     0      5     2       3        4      5      6      7     {0×0 double}