Date as Array Element in MATLAB

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I have a list of dates and corresponding numerical values I'd like to parse into an array, but I can't seem to find a method to place the date strings as an array element. For example, using 3 numerical values, a minimal idea of what I'm trying is

data_date = '08/15/2003';
num1 = 56;
num2 = 23;
num3 = 2;

array = [data_date, num1, num2, num3];

A row in the desired array would look like

08/15/2003,56,23,2

To be specific, I'm writing this array to a file, so the above row is really the desired formatting in a CSV file.

yangjie · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-07 02:44:46Z

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Cell array is what you need.

data_date = '08/15/2003';
num1 = 56;
num2 = 23;
num3 = 2;
array = {data_date, num1, num2, num3};

answered Jul 7, 2015 at 2:44

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Edric · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-07 06:43:43Z

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In more recent versions of MATLAB, you could also use table for this.

t = table({'08/15/2003'; '08/16/2003'}, [56; 57], [23; 24], [2; 3]);
writetable(t, 'tmp.csv')

answered Jul 7, 2015 at 6:43

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