MATLAB: Can MATLAB duplicate cell array entries without creating cell within cells

Question

I'm attempting to duplicate cell array data (from 1 cell array) and place in a different cell array without creating cells within cells. I'm using the following code:

% Some cell array data
data = [ 'ALC238Tires'; 'ALC01A1RIPS'; 'ALC238Tires'; 'ALC01A1RIPS' ];
celldata = cellstr(data);
Total_Rows = [3;2;3;2];
% Duplicate the data based on the Total Rows values
for i = 1:length(Total_Rows)
      Dup_Data = cell(Total_Rows(i), 1);
      Dup_Data(:)= celldata(i);
      output{i} = Dup_Data;    
end
output2 = output';

This results in:

output2 =

   4×1 cell array
     {1×3 cell} where all 3 cells contain ALC238Tires
     {1×2 cell} where both cells contain ALC01A1RIPS
     {1×3 cell} where all 3 cells contain ALC238Tires
     {1×2 cell} where both cells contain ALC01A1RIPS

But what I'd like is a 10 x 1 cell array of the following;

'ALC238Tires'
'ALC238Tires'
'ALC238Tires'
'ALC01A1RIPS'
'ALC01A1RIPS'
'ALC238Tires'
'ALC238Tires'
'ALC238Tires'
'ALC01A1RIPS'
'ALC01A1RIPS'

Can this be done?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Using repelem is much simpler:

data = {'ALC238Tires'; 'ALC01A1RIPS'; 'ALC238Tires'; 'ALC01A1RIPS'};
rows = [3;2;3;2];
repelem(data,rows)

Or using your loop output:

output2 = [output{:}].';