How to apply function "strrep" to more than 32 substrings?

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Hi there,
It would be my great pleasure if anyone could assist me with the following error, caused after I applied strrep to more than 32 substrings:
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strrep(readIDFFile, ...
'@@P1@@', (x(1))), ...
'@@P2@@', (x(2))), ...
'@@P3@@', (x(3))), ...
'@@P4@@', (x(4))), ...
'@@P5@@', (x(5))), ...
'@@P6@@', (x(6))), ...
'@@P7@@', (x(7))), ...
'@@P8@@', (x(8))), ...
'@@P9@@', (x(9))), ...
'@@P10@@', (x(10))), ...
'@@P11@@', (x(11))), ...
'@@P12@@', (x(12))), ...
'@@P13@@', (x(13))), ...
'@@P14@@', (x(14))), ...
'@@P15@@', (x(15))), ...
'@@P16@@', (x(16))), ...
'@@P17@@', (x(17))), ...
'@@P18@@', (x(18))), ...
'@@P19@@', (x(19))), ...
'@@P20@@', (x(20))), ...
'@@P21@@', (x(21))), ...
'@@P22@@', (x(22))), ...
'@@P23@@', (x(23))), ...
'@@P24@@', (x(24))), ...
'@@P25@@', (x(25))), ...
'@@P26@@', (x(26))), ...
'@@P27@@', (x(27))), ...
'@@P28@@', (x(28))), ...
'@@P29@@', (x(29))), ...
'@@P30@@', (x(30))), ...
'@@P31@@', (x(31))), ...
'@@P32@@', (x(32))), ...
'@@P33@@', (x(33))), ...
'@@P34@@', (x(34))), ...
'@@P35@@', (x(35))), ...
'@@P36@@', (x(36))), ...
'@@P37@@', (x(37))), ...
'@@P38@@', (x(38))), ...
'@@P39@@', (x(39))), ...
'@@P40@@', (x(40))), ...
'@@P41@@', (x(41))), ...
'@@P42@@', (x(42))), ...
'@@P43@@', (x(43))), ...
'@@P44@@', (x(44))), ...
'@@P45@@', (x(45))), ...
'@@P46@@', (x(46))), ...
'@@P47@@', (x(47))), ...
'@@P48@@', (x(48))), ...
'@@P49@@', (x(49))), ...
'@@P50@@', (x(50))), ...
'@@P51@@', (x(51))), ...
'@@P52@@', (x(52))), ...
'@@P53@@', (x(53))), ...
'@@P54@@', (x(54))), ...
'@@P55@@', (x(55))), ...
'@@P56@@', (x(56))), ...
'@@P57@@', (x(57))), ...
'@@P58@@', (x(58))), ...
'@@P59@@', (x(59))), ...
'@@P60@@', (x(60))), ...
'@@P61@@', (x(61))), ...
'@@P62@@', (x(62))), ...
'@@P63@@', (x(63))), ...
'@@P64@@', (x(64))), ...
'@@P65@@', (x(65))), ...
'@@P66@@', (x(66))), ...
'@@P67@@', (x(67))), ...
'@@P68@@', (x(68))), ...
'@@P69@@', (x(69))), ...
'@@P70@@', (x(70))), ...
'@@P71@@', (x(71))), ...
'@@P72@@', (x(72))), ...
'@@P73@@', (x(73))), ...
'@@P74@@', (x(74))), ...
'@@P75@@', (x(75))), ...
'@@P76@@', (x(76))), ...
'@@P77@@', (x(77))), ...
'@@P78@@', (x(78))), ...
'@@P79@@', (x(79))), ...
'@@P80@@', (x(80))), ...
'@@P81@@', (x(81))), ...
'@@P82@@', (x(82))), ...
'@@P83@@', (x(83))), ...
'@@P84@@', (x(84))), ...
'@@P85@@', (x(85))), ...
'@@P86@@', (x(86))), ...
'@@P87@@', (x(87))), ...
'@@P88@@', (x(88))), ...
'@@P89@@', (x(89))), ...
'@@P90@@', (x(90))), ...
'@@P91@@', (x(91))), ...
'@@P92@@', (x(92))), ...
'@@P93@@', (x(93))), ...
'@@P94@@', (x(94))), ...
'@@P95@@', (x(95))), ...
'@@P96@@', (x(96)));
Thanks!
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Mohammad Dabbagh
Mohammad Dabbagh on 15 Oct 2020
It shows me the following error:
Error using objective (line 2)
Error: File: building_model.m Line: 260 Column: 11
Nesting of {, [, and ( cannot exceed a depth of 32.

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Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 17 Oct 2020
Edited: Walter Roberson on 18 Oct 2020
If you make x a string array with 96 or more elements, then the entire code can be replaced with
%{
newIDFFile = regexprep(readIDFFile, '@@P(\d+)@@', '${x{str2double($1)}}')
%}
For example,
x = "Here!"+(1:96);
readIDFFile = 'hello @@P3@@, how are you? @@P48@@ says hi!';
newIDFFile = regexprep(readIDFFile, '@@P(\d+)@@', '${x{str2double($1)}}')
newIDFFile = 'hello Here!3, how are you? Here!48 says hi!'
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 19 Oct 2020
I do not understand what you are asking. Your x.mat contains a newIDFFile variable that looks to have had the @@ properly replaced when I compare to readIDFFile. You do not have variables Obj1, Obj2 or similar in .mat and you do not have any R variable either. Your x values are not between 1 and 4, your x values are
>> x([1 48 72 end])
ans =
1×4 string array
Columns 1 through 3
"set WinS_Construct = R1WinConstruction" "set WinE_Construct = R1WinConstruction" "set WinW_Construct = R1WinConstruction"
Column 4
"set WinN_Construct = R1WinConstruction"
I do see that you have lb = ones(1,96) and ub = 4*ones(1,96), but what does that have to do with the price of bananas in Walla Walla, Washington?
It looks like you might be trying to work with EnergyPlus ? https://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/8-3/auxiliary-programs/idfeditor.html
Mohammad Dabbagh
Mohammad Dabbagh on 19 Oct 2020
Edited: Mohammad Dabbagh on 19 Oct 2020
oh, never mind.. Actually the problem is that my code is more complex and I just showed a portion of that to you. I figured it out BTW.
Thanks,

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More Answers (1)

Bruno Luong
Bruno Luong on 15 Oct 2020
Edited: Bruno Luong on 15 Oct 2020
newIDFFile = readIDFFile;
for k=1:length(x)
newIDFFile = strrep(newIDFFile, sprintf('@@P%d@@',k), x(k));
end
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Mohammad Dabbagh
Mohammad Dabbagh on 17 Oct 2020
Hi again @Bruno Luong
Thank you so much again for your help. However, I'm not sure why my first 24 variables are not being replaced. Any idea? Thanks
P.S i also tried the following, but it didn't make any difference.
sprintf('@@P%u@@',k), x(k))

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