splitvars for input arguments of type 'cell'

The following contents are stored in a table, in variable 'tbl',

Multico value

______________

{'1'} {'2'} 1

{'2'} {'3'} 2

{'3'} {'4'} 1

{'4'} {'5'} 2

I am trying to split the contents in `Multico`

multico = splitvars(cell2mat(tbl.Multico));

The following error is obtained. Any suggestions on how to split the contents?

Undefined function 'splitvars' for input arguments of type 'cell'.

Expected result:

Multico_1 Multico_2 value

1 2 1

2 3 2

3 4 1

4 5 2

[Walter Roberson]

cell2mat() of that variable would give a 4 x 2 char array. splitvars() has to be run on a table and a variable name, not on a char array.

It is not obvious what you would want the result to be.

[Deepa Maheshvare]

Many thanks for the reponse. Please have a look at the update made in the original post. Sorry if I wasn't clear. The contents are stored in a table. It is actually the output of the edge

properties of a graph (tbl = Graph.Edges).

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

As per my comment to your other question, it looks like Multico should be a matrix not a cell array.

Regardless of its type, what you want is simply:

newtable = splitvars(yourtable, 'Multico')

[Deepa Maheshvare]

Thanks for the response. As you noticed splitvars doesn't work. Please have look at the update made for expected result in the original post.

[Guillaume]

Hum, splitvars works fine regardless of whether Multico is a cell array or a matrix:

>> t = table({'1', '2'; '2', '3'; '3', '4'; '4', '5'}, [1; 2; 1; 2], 'VariableNames', {'Multico', 'value'})
t =
  4×2 table
       Multico        value
    ______________    _____
    {'1'}    {'2'}      1  
    {'2'}    {'3'}      2  
    {'3'}    {'4'}      1  
    {'4'}    {'5'}      2  
>> splitvars(t, 'Multico')
ans =
  4×3 table
    Multico_1    Multico_2    value
    _________    _________    _____
      {'1'}        {'2'}        1  
      {'2'}        {'3'}        2  
      {'3'}        {'4'}        1  
      {'4'}        {'5'}        2  
>> 

[Deepa Maheshvare]

Sorry, my mistake. I had tried splitvars(tbl.Multicol).