Matlab string array

Question

All i am trying to do is this:

    type = cell(size(A));
    ...
    i = find(A == 0);
    type{i} = 'pasok';

However it miserably fails is size(A) > 1 or if i is empty. Is there any workaround for this problem?

UPDATE -ERROR

type =

[]    []

ans =

 1     2

i =

 1     2

The right hand side of this assignment has too few values to satisfy the left hand side.

Error in ellipse (line 48) type{i} ='pasok';

'it miserably fails' doesn't really look like a Matlab error statement to me. If you tell us what the error message is we can provide better help. If you tell us what you are trying to do we can provide better help, right now I am wondering wha problem you are trying to workaround. I mean, you already know that the statement type{i} = 'pasok' fails when i is either empty or multi-valued, because you have read the error messages and the documentation. So what is the problem you are trying to solve ? — High Performance Mark
– High Performance Mark, Commented Jun 25, 2012 at 7:19
@HighPerformanceMark: "'it miserably fails' doesn't really look like a Matlab error statement to me." Every day you learn something new! (+1). — H.Muster
– H.Muster, Commented Jun 25, 2012 at 7:50
@EitanT if you read it, it clearly shows that he is getting an error, and wants a workaround — ahmet
– ahmet, Commented Jun 25, 2012 at 8:01
@ahmet if you read my comment, it clearly shows that I'm not asking about the error, but rather about what he's trying to implement. — Eitan T
– Eitan T, Commented Jun 25, 2012 at 8:03

H.Muster · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-25 09:16:00Z

2

To assign one value to multiple cell-entries at once, you can use

[type{i}] = deal('pasok');

Note that type{i} has to be in square brackets.

answered Jun 25, 2012 at 8:55

H.Muster

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Good answer, I also would use logical indexing [type{A==0}]=deal('pasok'); as this is usually faster and in my opinion more intuitive.