Input string to a matrix or a cell

Hi,

I have a string and want to input it to a matrix or a cell.

string: name

matrix: A(2,3)

cell: data{2}(2,4);

Could you help?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Your question is not clear

[ly]

I want to input string to position (2,3) of matrix A and position (2,4) of cell data{2}.

You can see in attached figure.

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Cell array

>> data = cell( 1, 3 );
>> data{2} = cell(3,6);
>> data{2}{2,4} = 'Hello World';

or

>> data{2}(2,4) = {'Hello World'};

With a Matrix it is not practical. "A(2,3)" would address one character.

[ly]

It works well.

But I have another.

This is the cell I want to input.

I try with:

data{1}(1,1) = 212; 
data{1}(2,1) = {'Number'};
data{1}(2,2) = {'Time:'};

But "Conversion to double from cell is not possible."

If I try with :

data{1}(2,1) = {'Atom.'};
data{1}(2,2) = {'Timestep:'};

Then it run well.

How to input value and string like this Figure?

[per isakson]

Replace

data{1}(1,1) = 212;

by

data{1}(1,1) = {212};

[per isakson]

• Have you thought of using Create and Work with Tables? (Introduced in R2013b)
• See Access Data in a Cell Array
• and by the way, see The XY Problem