MATLAB: Reshape a cell avoiding the loop

Question

I have the cell for example:

a = 
      '0.0'    '0.0' 
      '0.1'    '-0.4'
      '0.1'    '0.8' 
      '0.2'    '2.3' 
      '0.3'    '3.4' 
      '0.3'    '-3.2'
      '0.4'    '-6.9'
      '0.5'    '-1.8'
      '0.5'    '7.2' 
      '0.6'    '10.0'

and I want o reshape it like this.

d = 
      '0.0'    '0.0'     '0.3'    '-3.2'
      '0.1'    '-0.4'    '0.4'    '-6.9'
      '0.1'    '0.8'     '0.5'    '-1.8'
      '0.2'    '2.3'     '0.5'    '7.2' 
      '0.3'    '3.4'     '0.6'    '10.0'

I want to avoid the loop because the cell dimensions are very large. Thank you!

Answer 1

I think:

 b = a';
 c = reshape(b,cols,rows,numel(a)/cols/rows);
 c = permute(c,[2 1 3]);
 d = reshape(c,[],rows);

should do it...