Combining cell arrays with empty doubles

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Suppose I have two cell arrays, with
a = cell(1,2);
a{1} = 1;
b = cell(1,2);
b{2} = 2;
How can I quickly combine the two to give me
1×2 cell array
{[1]} {[2]}
?
In general, I want to combine several cell arrays of the same dimension, which at a given index either either all have {0×0 double} doubles or at most one of the cell arrays does not have a {0×0 double} double.
Thanks!
Michael

Accepted Answer

Stephen23
Stephen23 on 8 Jan 2021
Edited: Stephen23 on 8 Jan 2021
% slightly more complex example data:
a = {[],1;[],[]};
b = {[],[];2,[]};
c = {[],[];[],NaN};
%
tmp = cat(3,a,b,c);
[~,idp] = sort(cellfun('isempty',tmp),3);
sz = size(tmp);
[idr,idc] = ndgrid(1:sz(1),1:sz(2));
idx = sub2ind(sz,idr,idc,idp(:,:,1));
out = tmp(idx)
out = 2x2 cell array
{0×0 double} {[ 1]} {[ 2]} {[NaN]}

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Jan
Jan on 8 Jan 2021
Edited: Jan on 8 Jan 2021
Or simpler:
a = {1, []};
b = {[], 2};
c = cat(2, a, b);
c = c(~cellfun('isempty', c));
% Or:
fullCell = @(x) x(~cellfun('isempty', x));
c = cat(2, fullCell(a), fullCell(b));

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