Convert cell array of structures to numeric vector
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Suppose I have
ale{1}.a = 0;
ale{2}.a = 1;
ale{3}.a = 1.5
ale_vec = NaN(length(ale),1);
for ii=1:length(ale)
ale_vec(ii) = ale{ii}.a;
end
disp(ale_vec)
I would like to generate
%ale_vec = [0,1,1.5]
Is there a quick way to do this without using a loop?
Thanks!
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The function arrayfun can be used to extract the values of the field a from each structure within the cell array ale and store them in a vector called ale_vec without explicitly using a for loop.
ale{1}.a = 0;
ale{2}.a = 1;
ale{3}.a = 1.5;
% Use arrayfun to extract the 'a' field from each element in the cell array
ale_vec = arrayfun(@(x) x.a, [ale{:}]);
% Display the result
disp(ale_vec);
You can find more about arrayfun in the below MathWorks documentation:
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@Alessandro: I thought you wanted to know a quick way without a loop, but the answer you've accepted uses arrayfun, which uses a loop and is slower than the "direct" method I showed, which uses only indexing and concatenation:
N = 7;
ty = zeros(N,1);
tv = zeros(N,1);
M = 10.^(0:N-1).';
for ii = 1:N
ale = num2cell(struct('a',num2cell(rand(1,M(ii)))));
ty(ii) = timeit(@()run_arrayfun(ale));
tv(ii) = timeit(@()run_direct(ale));
end
format long g
T = table(M,ty,tv,'VariableNames',{'# of cells','arrayfun time','direct time'})
function V = run_arrayfun(C)
V = arrayfun(@(x) x.a, [C{:}]);
end
function V = run_direct(C)
S = [C{:}];
V = [S.a];
end
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ale{1}.a = 0;
ale{2}.a = 1;
ale{3}.a = 1.5
This will work for the given example:
S = [ale{:}];
ale_vec = [S.a]
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If the structs inside the cells of the cell array have different sets of fields, then they cannot be put together into a single struct array (which is what [ale{:}] does). In that case, you can use cellfun which (like arrayfun) implements a loop:
% cell array containing structs with different field sets
ale{1}.a = 0;
ale{2}.a = 1;
ale{3}.a = 1.5;
ale{3}.b = -2;
ale{:}
ale_vec = cellfun(@(s)s.a,ale)
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