Struct fields from cell array

Question

Say I have a cell array:

my_cell_array = {'Jimmy', 'Timothy', 'Charles', ...}

Is there a compact way of defining a single struct that has the items of my_cell_array as fieldnames? The members of the new struct can hold empty cells or empty arrays.

Clement J. · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-24 14:36:58Z

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cell2struct is probably what you need.

my_cell_array = {'Jimmy', 'Timothy', 'Charles'}
s = cell2struct(cell(size(my_cell_array)), my_cell_array, 2)
s = 

      Jimmy: []
    Timothy: []
    Charles: []

answered Oct 24, 2011 at 14:36

Clement J.

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Amelio Vazquez-Reina Over a year ago

I looked into it, but cell2struct seems to be designed to build struct arrays from cell arrays. What I want is a single struct with field names from the cell array. That said, you are probably right, there is probably a way of doing this with cell2struct. I'll look deeper into it.

Amelio Vazquez-Reina Over a year ago

Got it. Yes, thanks! I'll accept this as soon as it lets me do it.

musically_ut · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 10:44:25Z

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Try using this statement:

cell2struct(cell(size(my_cell_array)),my_cell_array,2)

It returns:

ans = 

      Jimmy: []
    Timothy: []
    Charles: []

edited May 7, 2015 at 10:44

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answered Oct 24, 2011 at 14:43

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