MATLAB: How to convert Cell to string

Question

Suppose I have a cell

v =    'v'    [576.5818]    [3.0286]    [576.9270]
       'v'    [576.5953]    [3.1180]    [576.8716]
       'f'    [      56]    [    58]    [      52]
       'f'    [      56]    [    58]    [      52]

and I want to convert this to a cell array using a format string for each

element:' %.5f' How can I do this? I tried the following approach, but I get an error:

f1 = @(x) sprintf(' %.5f',x);

cellfun(f1, num2cell(v),'UniformOutput', false)

i am getting an error as ???

Error using ==> sprintf

Function is not defined for 'cell' inputs.

Error in ==> @(x)sprintf(' %.5f',x)

Can any one help me thanks in advance

Answer 1

Modify the command

cellfun(f1, num2cell(v),'UniformOutput', false)

to

cellfun(f1, v,'UniformOutput', false)