Change cell object to char

How can I convert the name object to be a char instead of a cell?

Thank you very much.

Emily

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

a={'abc'}

a = 1×1 cell array
    {'abc'}

whos a

  Name      Size            Bytes  Class    Attributes

  a         1x1               110  cell               

b=char(a)

b = 'abc'

whos b

  Name      Size            Bytes  Class    Attributes

  b         1x3                 6  char               

[Emily Doherty]

But then how do I replace the name 1x1 cell with the new 'b' value ?

[Joseph Mah]

You could just set a=char(a) if your goal is to make a char instead of a cell array, though will not work if you have multiple cells in your cell array. In that case maybe look into string arrays.

[Emily Doherty]

My cell array is only one cell. I get this error when I try to follow that logic

>> SubjStats(1, 1).basis.stim.values{1, 1}.name = char(SubjStats(1, 1).basis.stim.values{1, 1}.name)

Error using strcmp

Too many input arguments.Error in Dictionary/subsasgn (line 233)

if strcmp(s.type,'()')

[Fangjun Jiang]

Might it be that this field 'name' in that nested structure requires a cell of string?

try

SubjStats(1, 1).basis.stim.values{1, 1}.name='abc'