Converint between Cell arrays and Numbers and Strings
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Hello,
I am trying to convert a double
cell array as shown to individual 8 bit cells. (I hope I have been able to frame the question correctly, if not please take a look at my screenshot)
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/201481/image.jpeg)
I want to convert each contents to individual bits, like for e.g [10000111] to individual 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
I have tried everything from cell2num, mat2cell, cell arrays and all but keep getting errors.
Please help me in solving this; also a little background theory on what these types of cells and 'cellarrays' mean would be a great help for next time!
Thanks,
Cheers,
kash022
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Stephen23
on 25 Jan 2019
Edited: Stephen23
on 25 Jan 2019
"Converint between Cell arrays and Numbers and Strings"
"I am trying to convert a double cell array as shown..."
Nothing in your screenshot is related to cell arrays:
Nothing in your question is related to string arrays:
After using MATLAB for more than two years it would be a good idea to learn what the basic data classes are and how to identify them:
"also a little background theory on what these types of cells and 'cellarrays' mean would be a great help for next time!"
Why not try reading the MATLAB documentation?:
PS: this is not twitter. Please do not put ugly # symbols at the start of each tag.
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Jan
on 25 Jan 2019
Edited: Jan
on 25 Jan 2019
This obtains the digits of a decimal number:
x = 10000111;
n = floor(log10(x));
out = rem(floor(x(:) ./ power(10, n:-1:0)), 10)
>> [1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1]
I prefer this instead of the indirection of letting sprintf convert the number to a char vector and converting it back to a number.
"Cell arrays" are arrays of the class cell. These are array, which can contain elements of different sizes and classes. See:
doc cell
Example:
C = {[], 1, 1:2, 1:3, 'And a char vector also'}
If you want to store the output in one array and do not want leading zeros, you need a cell array, because the vectors have dirrent length.
x = [1, 101, 10000111];
C = cell(size(x));
nMax = floor(log10(max(x)));
P = power(10, nMax:-1:0); % Expensive power operation once only
for k = 1:numel(x)
n = floor(log10(x(k)));
C{k} = rem(floor(x(k) ./ P(nMax-n+1:end)), 10);
end
Note: You are working with Matlab since at least March 2016. You are expected to be able to read the documentation of the cell command.
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Jan
on 25 Jan 2019
Leading zeros allow a simpler code:
x = 10000111;
n = floor(log10(max(x))); % Here the maximum value matters
out = rem(floor(x(:) ./ power(10, n:-1:0)), 10)
More Answers (2)
per isakson
on 25 Jan 2019
Edited: per isakson
on 25 Jan 2019
"cell array as shown" The screenshot doesn't show any cell array
Another approach
>> str = sprintf('%d', 10000111 );
>> num = reshape( sscanf( str, '%1d' ), 1,[] )
num =
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
>>
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Jan
on 25 Jan 2019
Exploiting the old-fashioned ASCII coding is less magic than calling sprintf, which is a huge library function. In very old Matlab versions, sprintf suffered from a bug, which allowed to gain admin privileges only by using strange format strings.
per isakson
on 25 Jan 2019
>> '€'+'ab' % undocumented behaviour(?)
ans =
8461 8462
>> "€"+"ab" % documented behaviour
ans =
"€ab"
Walter Roberson
on 25 Jan 2019
I do not think you have a cell array at present. I think you have a double array.
OutputCell = arrayfun(@(V) sprintf('%08d', V) - '0'), YourArrayNameGoesHere, 'uniform', 0)
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