MATLAB: Storing integers from a cell in a variable

Question

Hello all,

I have a 63×1 cell and its contents basically look as shown below

'(4,4)'

'(3,4)'

'(2,4)'

'(1,4)'

'(0,4)'

'(-1,4)'

'(-2,4)'

I would like Matlab to the pick the integers from each cell and store it in different variables. For example, x should contain [4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2] and Y should contain [4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ].

I would be grateful if someone can help me with this.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards,

Bala

Answer 1

Much more efficient than cellfun:

>> C = {'(4,4)';'(3,4)';'(2,4)';'(1,4)';'(0,4)';'(-1,4)';'(-2,4)'};
>> V = sscanf([C{:}],'(%f,%f)');
>> X = V(1:2:end)
X =
   4
   3
   2
   1
   0
  -1
  -2
>> Y = V(2:2:end)
Y =
   4
   4
   4
   4
   4
   4
   4