How to access all elements within a structured cell array without looping?
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I have a variable that look like this:
a_structure{1}.field1=vector1;
a_structure{2}.field1=vector2;
a_structure{3}.field1=vector3;
Without looping, how do I obtain the matrix that puts vector1 in column 1, vector2 in column 2 and vector3 in column 3?
Note: The {} in there is intentional. I am not using the structure(1).field1 syntax. I could get there, but would have thousands of lines of code to change.
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Cam Salzberger
on 4 Mar 2020
Hello Steve,
I would suggest restructuring your data storage. If you did use the struct array method of storage, I believe it would be as simple as [a_structure.field1]. But taking it as it is, you can fairly easily transform the cell array of similar structures into a struct array with this:
sArr = [a_structure{:}];
And then extract the fields into a matrix with my original method:
A = [sArr.field1];
The structures would need to be similar though. If the first line fails because they are not, you may need to use cellfun:
C = cellfun(@(c) c.field1, a_structure, 'UniformOutput', false);
A = [C{:}];
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Stephen23
on 4 Mar 2020
Edited: Stephen23
on 4 Mar 2020
"I am not using the structure(1).field1 syntax"
You should be. It would allow you to use efficient syntaxes for accessing your data (i.e. like you are asking about now):
If all of the structures in the cell array have the same fields and have compatible sizes, then you can concatenate them together, e.g. where C is your cell array:
S = [C{:}]; % concatenate unfortunate cell of structs into better non-scalar structure.
M = [S.field1] % concatenate field1 vectors [S(1).field1,S(2).field1,S(3).field1,...]
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