how to select time which comes in a range from cell array

if i have a time as

cellArr = {'6:25:48'
'7:28:18'
'8:30:20'
'9:32:37'
'10:35:40'};

how to select time which comes in a range? eg: time between 7:00:00 and 9:00:00

7:28:18
8:30:20

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Convert to datetime objects and then use

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/isbetween.html

[Guillaume]

Walter wrote:

Convert to datetime objects and then use isbetween

The first half of the sentence is as important as the second half.

The conversion to datetime would be achieved with

d = datetime(cellArr, 'InputFormat', 'hh:mm:ss', 'Format', 'hh:mm:ss')

[Elysi Cochin]

sir i did as you said

t = datetime(cellArr);

now as i dont have date the current date is coming in the date column...

'25-Feb-2017 06:25:48'
'25-Feb-2017 07:28:18'
'25-Feb-2017 08:30:20'
'25-Feb-2017 09:32:37'
'25-Feb-2017 10:35:40'

is there any way i can remove the date and keep only the time...

[Guillaume]

You may have written your comment as I edited mine. Use the 'Format' property of the datetime object to make it display as you want.

t = datetime(cellArr, 'Format', 'hh:mm:ss')

[Walter Roberson]

You also might want to consider using duration objects:

cellArr = {'6:25:48'
'7:28:18'
'8:30:20'
'9:32:37'
'10:35:40'};

temp = regexp(cellArr, ':', 'split');
durations = duration(str2double(vertcat(temp{:})));

low = hours(7);
high = hours(9);

durations(durations >= low & durations <= high)