deal array contents into cell arrays

I'm trying to figure out how to assign the values of an array to targeted cell arrays. E.g. I have a 16x6 cell array, and I want to distribute the 32 values of a 16x2 string array into the first two column of the cell, i.e CellArray{1,1} = StringArray(1,1), CellArray{16,2} = String(16,2), etc.

Given that I cannot know the size of the arrays a priori, do I need to figure out an annonymous function using deal to convert the MxN string array into M*N string scalars?

[Szemis]

The task is much easier if you can convert your string array into a cell array.

% a simple example

m = 16;

n = 4;

o = 2;

CellArray = cell(m,n);

String = strings(m,o);

cArr = num2cell(String);

[CellArray{1:m*o}] = cArr{:};

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

C = cell(3,2)

C = 3×2 cell array
    {0×0 double}    {0×0 double}
    {0×0 double}    {0×0 double}
    {0×0 double}    {0×0 double}

S = ["cat","hat";"hello","world";"A","B"]

S = 3×2 string array
    "cat"      "hat"  
    "hello"    "world"
    "A"        "B"    

[C{:}] = deal(S{:})

C = 3×2 cell array
    {'cat'  }    {'hat'  }
    {'hello'}    {'world'}
    {'A'    }    {'B'    }

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/comma-separated-lists.html

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1656435-tutorial-comma-separated-lists-and-how-to-use-them

[Gabriel Stanley]

Thank you. WIthout a link to the tutorial, which didn't not come up in my google searching, I would not have realized string arrays were also eligible for {} indexing. While the example I gave used string arrays, I am interested to know how to do this with other data types. I've tried to replicate the assignment with integer values, but to no avail. I cannot tell from either of the linked articles how to go about performing this kind of assignment in the generic case.

[Stephen23]

"I cannot tell from either of the linked articles how to go about performing this kind of assignment in the generic case."

As my tutorial clearly states, comma-separated lists can be constructed from three particular data types. There is no "generic case" that applies to all data types.

Of course there is nothing stopping you from creating a cell array of data and using normal parenthesis indexing to assign it to the LHS cell array:

LHScellarray(:) = RHScellarray

This is completely unrelated to comma-separated lists.