create a cell array of numbers
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hi
i need to create a cell array with numbers from 0000-1000
notice that numbers must be in a 4-digit format
how can i do this?
thanks
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Walter Roberson
on 25 Apr 2019
linspace(1,100,1000) would contain non-integer values, which cell would not be able to use a dimension sizes to construct a 1000-dimensional cell array.
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Azzi Abdelmalek
on 16 Jun 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek
on 16 Jun 2013
str = sprintf('%04d\n',0:1000)
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Walter Roberson
on 16 Jun 2013
No. In MATLAB, numbers automatically drop leading 0's when displayed.
What is possible is to create a cell array of strings from '0000' to '1000'.
cellstr(num2str(0:1000).', '%04d')
Note: the .' is required there; without it the strings would come out wrong.
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Walter Roberson
on 28 May 2020
There is also the undocumented
sprintfc('%04d', 0:1000)
Also since R2016b, there has also been
compose('%04d', 0:1000)
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