creating a list from another list
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I have a list where not all the elements are the same length but they mostly are lets say my list is
mylist = {'ABCD', 'DEFG', 'HIJKL'} i want to return a new list mynewlist looks like {ABC, DEF, GHI} %%- its always the first 3 letters of the old list
many thanks probably seems a bit arbtirary but struggling
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Azzi Abdelmalek
on 8 Mar 2013
mylist = {'ABCD', 'DEFG', 'HIJKL'}
out=cellfun(@(x) x(1:3),mylist,'un',0)
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per isakson
on 8 Mar 2013
>> mylist = {'ABCD', 'DEFG', 'HIJKL'}
mylist =
'ABCD' 'DEFG' 'HIJKL'
>> cellfun( @(str) str(1:3), mylist, 'uni', false )
ans =
'ABC' 'DEF' 'HIJ'
>>
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