Thread Subject: sort cell struct

Hallo,

I have got a cell struct (1x9) which I want to sort.

Example:

input:
'IPF22233.1' 'IPF11819.2' '_' 'HS71' 'SSA1'
'SSA4' '-' '-' '-'

output I want:

'HS71' 'IPF11819.2' 'IPF22233.1' 'SSA1' 'SSA4' '_' '_' '_' '_'

Can anyone help me?

Thanks, Corinna

"Corinna Schmitt" <csc@igb.fhg.de> wrote in message
<fn48cs$ebi$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hallo,
>
> I have got a cell struct (1x9) which I want to sort.
>
> Example:
>
> input:
> 'IPF22233.1' 'IPF11819.2' '_' 'HS71' 'SSA1'
> 'SSA4' '-' '-' '-'
>
> output I want:
>
> 'HS71' 'IPF11819.2' 'IPF22233.1' 'SSA1' 'SSA4' '_' '_' '_' '_'
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks, Corinna

cell struct??

C = {'IPF22233.1' 'IPF11819.2' '_' 'HS71' 'SSA1' 'SSA4' '-'
'-' '-'}
sort(C)


Do you really want to change dashes into underscores?

Jos

Hallo Jos,
> cell struct??
>
> C = {'IPF22233.1' 'IPF11819.2' '_' 'HS71' 'SSA1' 'SSA4' '-'
> '-' '-'}
> sort(C)

Yes it is a cell struct with size 7033x9.

> Do you really want to change dashes into underscores?

No, sorry it was a typing error it should be underscore.
Matlab is running at the moment. I will try your solution later.

Thanks, Corinna

Have you tried the sort function?

I get the following error message:

??? Error using ==> vertcat
CAT arguments dimensions are not consistent.

Corinna Schmitt schreef:
> I have got a cell struct (1x9) which I want to sort.
>
> Example:
>
> input:
> 'IPF22233.1' 'IPF11819.2' '_' 'HS71' 'SSA1'
> 'SSA4' '-' '-' '-'
>
> output I want:
>
> 'HS71' 'IPF11819.2' 'IPF22233.1' 'SSA1' 'SSA4' '_' '_' '_' '_'

Try the BTree class (implementation of a binary tree) which is included
in the GSTools toolbox
(http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=9938&objectType=File)

if input is your matrix, you should do something like

tree = BTree(input)
SortedItemsList = GetSortedItemsList (Tree)

the Getitems functions of BTree (help BTree/GetItems) is also usefull,
but not for this issue

BTW: you should really really read a book describing the basics of
matlab. what you describe here is a 1D-cell array

> tree = BTree(input)
> SortedItemsList = GetSortedItemsList (Tree)

Sorry, it should be

tree = BTree(input)
SortedItemsList = GetSortedItemsList (tree)

"Corinna Schmitt":
<SNIP <jos> simply forgot...

> I get the following error message:
> ??? Error using ==> vertcat
> CAT arguments dimensions are not consistent...

...the continuation syntax

     c={
          'IPF22233.1',...
          'IPF11819.2' '_',...
          'HS71',...
          'SSA1' 'SSA4' '-' '-' '-'
     };
     sort(c)
% - - - HS71 IPF11819.2 IPF22233.1 SSA1 SSA4 _

% -and- a note for mxn cells...

     b=repmat(c,5,1);
     r=reshape(sort(b),[],size(b,2))

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