Display cell array contents in another output format

Question

I am searching for a way display cell array contents other than with celldisp that gives me an output like the example below:

celldisp(stuff)

and a typical output:

stuff{1} =
    10    70    20    50    50    90    90    30    30    60
stuff{2} =
    80    50    50    50    30    90    40    60    50    60    20    20
stuff{3} =
    20    90    10    80    20    30    30    70

I would prefer to print it out like this instead:

10    70    20    50    50    90    90    30    30    60
80    50    50    50    30    90    40    60    50    60    20    20
20    90    10    80    20    30    30    70

Is this possible? Help is much appreciated!

sco1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-13 22:47:07Z

2

One approach could be to use num2str, which automatically pads entries with a space if no format specifier is provided. You can take advantage of this behavior with a looped fprintf call.

For example:

stuff{1} = [10, 70, 20, 50, 50, 90, 90, 30, 30, 60];
stuff{2} = [80, 50, 50, 50, 30, 90, 40, 60, 50, 60, 20, 20];
stuff{3} = [20, 90, 10, 80, 20, 30, 30, 70];

for ii = 1:numel(stuff)
    fprintf('%s\n', num2str(stuff{ii}));
end

Which produces:

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10  70  20  50  50  90  90  30  30  60
80  50  50  50  30  90  40  60  50  60  20  20
20  90  10  80  20  30  30  70

You can also utilize the equivalent cellfun call if you want to be all compact and stuff:

cellfun(@(x)fprintf('%s\n', num2str(x)), stuff);

edited Sep 13, 2016 at 22:47

answered Sep 13, 2016 at 22:45

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