What is the difference between string arrays and cell arrays of character vectors?
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R2016b allows you to create string arrays, and R2017A allows you to use the double-quote syntax for specifying string literals. What is the practical difference between a string array (e.g ["one", "two"]) and a cell array of character vectors (e.g. {'one', 'two'}). Aside from minor conveniences like "strlength" (which could easily have been implemented to operate on cell arrays of character vectors), why should I care about this? Am I missing something?
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Walter Roberson
2017-4-25
Is there any non-numeric data structure that could not be implemented as a struct and then adding functions to the language ?
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Jurgen vL
2019-5-20
编辑:Jurgen vL
2019-5-21
I'd like to add that for loops can become cleaner, instead of cellarray{idx} you can use idx directly. E.g. when displaying messages or iterating over struct fields.
for field = string(fieldnames(S)')
S.(field) = somevalue;
end
% I haven't figured out why this only works with horizontal arrays
In addition, cellfun typically requires the annoying argument 'UniformOutput' flag to be false when a function returns a character array. If a function that returns a char array is changed to return a scalar string this would clean things up too, e.g.:
[~, patientID] = cellfun(@fileparts,{cohort.pfolder})
%no need for UniformOutput if fileparts() is modernized to return strings.
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Rik
2019-5-20
I vaguely remember a question a year (or two?) ago where this quirk was actually helpful (by allowing rows of the object array to be processed). If I recall correctly that was in the context of parfor. I can't find it in the parfor doc, but I seem to recall parfor doesn't process your array of objects the same as for. I don't have the parallel computing toolbox, so I can only test the fallback implementation of parfor.
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Walter Roberson
2019-5-23
I have occasionally made use of the fact that for processes by columns. It seldom provides additional clarity, though.
What I have sometimes wanted is to loop over cell entries without having to do a specific de-reference.
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Steven Lord
2017-4-25
You may find today's post from Loren's blog interesting and informative. If you have questions or feedback, as Dave wrote, "Expect to hear more from me on this topic. And please share your input with us by leaving a comment below. We're interested to hear from you."
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Walter Roberson
2017-4-25
Students keep trying to use == to compare strings, and keep trying to use () to store strings. Making MATLAB easier for students is a practical difference.
Now as to whether it is faster or whether there are additional meaningful features... those are different questions ;-)
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dpb
2017-4-25
编辑:dpb
2017-4-25
What about the search issue--are strfind and friends now string aware? If so, that would be a_good_thing (tm).
From the blog Steven L reference, it appears "not yet". I'd echo the sentiments of another poster there that it would be better to hold off the introduction of these new features until they're really "ready for prime time" instead of just interesting little tidbits stuck on like the candy commercial...
How are strings displayed -- do they have a double-quote around them a la the single for cell strings to differentiate their appearance?
This is a 'yes' it seems...makes sense; presumed so but curious.
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