Way to set a cell array of strings to 0 or 1 depending on the string?

I have a cell array of strings (1000x1 cell) containing either "On" or "Off". Is there a simple command to replace "On" by 1 and "Off" by 0 in the whole array? I would like to avoid using a FOR loop. Thanks!

 Accepted Answer

One way:
c = {'On','Off','On'};
tf = strcmp(c,{'On'})

More Answers (1)

One way:
c = {'On','Off','On'}
tf = ismember(c,{'On'})
Then do
x = double(tf)
if you really need numeric, rather than the logical array tf.

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on 11 Nov 2015

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on 11 Nov 2015

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