Array indexing nested in a struct arrray

I am trying to directly address a value of an array in a struct array.

For example, I want the second element in each case, the output would be:

ans =

2

5

I have solved it at the moment with nested for-loops, but maybe there is a smarter solution

myTable(1).name='A';
myTable(1).data=[1:3];
myTable(2).name='A';
myTable(2).data=[4:6];
myTable(3).name='B';
myTable(3).data=[7:9];

myTable([myTable.name]=='A').data(2)        

Intermediate dot '.' indexing produced a comma-separated list with 2 values, but it must produce a single value when followed by subsequent indexing operations.

[Stephen23]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/discussions/tips/847976-tutorial-comma-separated-lists-and-how-to-use-them

Answer 1

[Chunru]

myTable(1).name='A';
myTable(1).data=[1:3];
myTable(2).name='A';
myTable(2).data=[4:6];
myTable(3).name='B';
myTable(3).data=[7:9];
%myTable

a = arrayfun(@(x) x.data(2), myTable([myTable.name]=='A'))

a = 1×2

2 5