How can i have together in the same cell, lines with number values and one line with duration in HH:mm:ss:SSS?

Hello,

I don't know if i have expressed my question in a good and understandable way.

I will try to describe it now.

I have a cell file for example: 4x5 cell

The first 3 lines are just numbers, while the 4th line is duration in HH:mm:ss:SSS but in a cell form.

My output is a cell file 4x5 like this:

5 5 5 5 5

3 3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4 4

1x1duration 1x1duration 1x1duration 1x1duration 1x1duration

But i want to have the duration like this:

5 5 5 5 5

3 3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4 4

HH:mm:ss HH:mm:ss HH:mm:ss HH:mm:ss HH:mm:ss

I must make a change in the format probably but i don't know how...

Any ideas?

[Angelos Mongolias]

Char() seems to work, applying it and changing the duration array before I put the 4rth line in the file.

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Unfortunately, when you look at a cell array in the current version of matlab, matlab only shows the size and type of durations arrays even for scalar ones instead of showing the value of the array. There's nothing you can do about that.

You could indeed convert the duration arrays to char as you suggested however I wouldn't recommend it as you will no longer have easy access to easy calculations on durations (you can't add two char arrays for example).

Instead I would recommend you tranpose your cell array and convert it to a table. Tables are easier to work with than cell arrays and have better display. In particular, tables show the content of scalar duration (and datetime), not the type.

cell2table(yourcellarray')

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

Try using readtable() to read your file.

[Angelos Mongolias]

It is not working..

"Error using readtable (line 197)"

"Input must be a row vector of characters."

Probably because each element in line 4 is a different cell.

[madhan ravi]

So unaccept the answer and upload your file to experiment so that others can also help.

[Angelos Mongolias]

I uploaded a picture of the format that i have in the file.

Thanks for the attention.

[madhan ravi]

upload your file , picture won’t help , "Help us to help you!"

[Angelos Mongolias]

I am sorry for all this mess.

I really appriciate your effort.

I uploaded it.

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

You cannot change how the variable browser outputs non numeric values. There is only limited support for changing how the variable browser displays numeric values.