Search data in a dataset array

I have a dataset array which contains doubles and strings and I would like to search by variable names(columns) the intersection between two of this columns. I have try with the following code, where cond1 is a double and cond2 a string, result_test is the dataset array.

 list1 = find(result_test.Temp, cond1)% find the value cond1 in column Temp
 list2 = find(result_test.Chip, cond2)% find the value cond2 in column Chip

 result_data = intersect (list1, list2)%%find intersection

But I got the next problem:

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

I think the problem is a mistmacth between the data to find and the content on the dataset.

I would really graceful if somebody could help me, thank you in advance.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Use

list1 = find(strcmp(result_test.Temp, cond1))

[Manuel]

This case works perfectly when the content of the cell in the dataset is a string, but in case that the content is an integer y tried to convert but I was not succesfull... any idea?

Thanks again!

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

For double use

list1 = find(cell2mat(result_test.Temp)==cond1))

[Manuel]

Thank you very much! It works.

Answer 2

[David Sanchez]

by the error message you get, it seems you are trying to apply find to a cell array, which can not be done. Make sure your data comes in the right form before applying find.