how i can get the first and second letters in cell data

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hello all;
i want to get the first and second letters of each row
letters={'Aliadan';'FadumoHassan'; 'Buraaleabi';'kadradahir'};
so, how i can assign first charac of each row in one vector and the second character in each row in another vector.

Accepted Answer

Stephen23
Stephen23 on 16 May 2015
Edited: Stephen23 on 16 May 2015
This can be easily achieved using cellfun and a simple anonymous function:
>> vec = {'Aliadan'; 'FadumoHassan'; 'Buraaleabi'; 'kadradahir'};
>> cellfun(@(s)s(1),vec)
ans =
A
F
B
k
>> cellfun(@(s)s(2),vec)
ans =
l
a
u
a

More Answers (2)

Purushottama Rao
Purushottama Rao on 16 May 2015
Edited: Purushottama Rao on 16 May 2015
for k=1:4
f(k)=letters{k}(1);
end
for k=1:4
g(k)=letters{k}(2);
end

singh
singh on 16 May 2015
for k=1:length(letters)
f(k)=letters{k}(1)
g(k)=letters{k}(2)
end

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