MATLAB: Delete value of cell array and shift without just clearing it.

Question

Hi. I have a cell array containing strings that looks something like this:

A = {'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D'; '1000'; 'E'; 'F'; 'G'; '1000'; 'H'}

I would like to delete the values '1000' and shift the other cells up one. When I do it using a for loop with an if condition in it, as in

When I code as I would with matrices, I get a cell array like this:

A = {'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D'; []; 'E'; 'F'; 'G'; []; 'H'}

but I need one like this:

A = {'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D'; 'E'; 'F'; 'G'; 'H'}

as would happen with a matrix.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

Answer 1

A(ismember(A,'1000'))=[];

%or

A(strcmp(A,'1000'))=[]  % The fastest

%or

setdiff(A,'1000')