Check for a certain variable in a cell filled with different timetables

Hello MathWorks Community.

I have a 6x1 cell which inherits 6 timetables with different sizes called "data".

The columns in these different timetables are all named unique in a way e.g. "var1" ... "varX" but shuffled randomly between the timetables.

If i know the correct timetable of var1, "data{1}.var1" gives me the according var1 data.

Right now i try to find the position/timetable of a specified variable. But how do i do that?

Thanks in advance.

P.S: Image illustrates the structure im working with.

Answer 1

[Mitch Lautigar]

What you need to do is to index through every timetable. Since data is a structure, you can use fields command to get all of the fields inside data, and then index through each timetable. This looks like the following.

field_names = string(fieldnames(data));

for i = 1:length(field_names)

curr_timetable = data.(field_names(I));

%input logic to handle timetables here

end

This will let you index through the starting array, and then it's a matter of looking at the variable names in the table. I believe the property you are looking for is "head" (source: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/timetables.html )