Moving the contents in the cell array

data = {'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'}

I have a cell array named data. Now i need to move the contents to another index in the same array and delete the older contents.

for example: data([4 5 6]) = data

This will give the result as data = {'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi', 'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'}. Instead of this i just need to move the contents based on the index number and empty the contents in the older position.

Answer should be like this,

data = {[],[],[],'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'}

How can i do it?

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

[Stephen Cobeldick]

>> data = {'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'};
>> data(4:6) = data;
>> data(1:3) = {[]}
data = 
    []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

OR

 >> data = [repmat({[]},1,numel(data)),data]
 data = 
     []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

OR

>> data(4:6) = {[]};
>> data = circshift(data,[1,3])
data = 
    []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

OR

>> tmp = {[]};
>> data = circshift([data,tmp([1,1,1])],[1,3])
data = 
    []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

OR

 >> data(2,:) = {[]};
 >> data = reshape(flipud(data)',1,[])
 data = 
     []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

OR

 >> data = repmat(data,1,2);
 >> data(1:3) = {[]}
 data = 
     []    []    []    'abc'    'def'    'ghi'

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

data = {'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'}
data1([4 5 6])=data

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

I want to move it in the same cell array. Not by shifting it to another new cell array

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

then just write

data=data1

[Bachtiar Muhammad Lubis]

how if we have a cell that contains binary image or another image. how can we move that image that was stored o a new variable? so that we can show it using imshow().

[Walter Roberson]

new_variable = name_of_cell{row_index, column_index};
imshow(new_variable)

but note that imshow() would be happy with

imshow( name_of_cell{row_index, column_index} );

Answer 3

[KSSV]

data = {'abc' , 'def' , 'ghi'} ;
 iwant = cell(1,6) ;
 iwant(4:6) = data ;

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

I want to move it in the same cell array. Not by shifting it to another new cell array

Answer 4

[KSSV]

data = [cell(1,3) data]

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

If i get the index as [4 7 9] then above does it work. I will get the random index and based on the index number i need the place the contents in the cell array

[KSSV]

That case you have to initialize the cells empty with some name...and replace your data with the indices...like get iwant and rename it as data again...