Accessing data in cell array

I have a cell array that looks something like

0   a    01
1   b    11
2   c    101
3   d    1100

The data inside is stored as strings. How could I implement a for loop with the use of strfind in a function where the value passed is a number from the first column e.g 1,2,3 and I want to return the corresponding 1 and 0 pattern from the third column.

I can access individual elements of the array by typing at the command line: filename{1,3} etc

Help is much appreciated, i'm only a beginner programmer. I have noticed it picks up the ascii too, how can I stop that?

Thanks.

[dpb]

What do you mean by it picks up the ascii too? You mean that strfind thinks a '1' by itself is also a '1' in a string such as '101'? That kinda' goes w/ the territory if you're storing all the data as character. If you mean something else, amplify.

To search only the first column, pass only the first column to strfind

strfind(c{:,1},targetnumstr) and return the third column using that result as the row index --

 res=c{strfind(c{:,1},targetnumstr),3};

NB: aircode, watch for typos, imbalanced parens, etc., etc., ... :)

[Jan]

"Cell array" and "data stored as string" could mean:

C = {'0   a    01', '1   b    11', '2   c    101', '3   d    1100'}

Or

C = {'0', 'a', '01'; '1', 'b', '11'; '2', 'c', '101'; '3', 'd', '1100'}

Further combinations are possible. So please post exactly what you have as input and what "return the 1 and 0 pattern" mean.