MATLAB Function Reference |
Convert cell array to structure array
Syntax
Description
s = cell2struct(c, fields, dim)
creates a structure array s
from the information contained within cell array c
.
The fields
argument specifies field names for the structure array. fields
can be a character array or a cell array of strings.
The dim
argument controls which axis of the cell array is to be used in creating the structure array. The length of c
along the specified dimension must match the number of fields named in fields
. In other words, the following must be true.
size(c, dim) == length(fields) % if fields is a cell array size(c, dim) == size(fields, 1) % if fields is a char array
Examples
The cell array c
in this example contains information on trees. The three columns of the array indicate the common name, genus, and average height of a tree.
To put this information into a structure with the fields name
, genus
, and height
, use cell2struct
along the second dimension of the 2-by-3 cell array.
This yields the following 2-by-1 structure array.
s(1) s(2) ans = ans = name: 'birch' name: 'maple' genus: 'betula' genus: 'acer' height: 65 height: 50
See Also
struct2cell
, cell
, iscell
, struct
, isstruct
, fieldnames
, dynamic field names
cell2mat | celldisp |
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