Could I extract an specific column from a table and then use it in a loop without name it (variable)?

I'm wondering if I can use directly the column (extracted from a matrix) inside the loop, for example or should I name if first because T1(:,8)(i) does not work

A = zeros(length(T1(:,7)),length(T2(:,7)));
for i=1:length(T1(:,7))
    for ii=1:length(T2(:,7))
        idx(i,ii) = ( abs((T1(:,8)(i)-T2(:,8)(i))))
    end
end

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

h1 = height(T1); h2 = height(T2);
A = zeros(h1, h2);
for i = 1 : h1
    for ii = 1 : h2
       A(i,ii) = abs(T1{i,8} - T2{i,8});
    end
end

However... you might as well use

A = abs(T1{:,8} - T2{:,8}.');

with no loop, provided you have R2015b or later.

[DulceEien]

thank you so much! (I put it in a loop because I want to use it for a conditional)