How to convert an array of cells into an array of structures?

Hello, I want convert an array of cells into a an array of structures:

   address1 = { 'aaa'; 'bbb'; 'ccc' }
   address2 = { 'ddd'; 'eee'; 'fff' }
   address3 = { 'ggg'; 'hhh'; 'iii' }
   address4 = { 'jjj'; 'kkk'; 'lll' }
   address5 = { 'mmm'; 'nnn'; 'ooo' }

   addresses = {address1; address2; address3; address4; address5}

   colHeadings = { 'name'; 'address'; 'city'}

   addressStruct = cell2struct(addresses, colHeadings, 2)

But this does not work, I got the following error:

addresses = 

    5×1 cell array

    {3×1 cell}
    {3×1 cell}
    {3×1 cell}
    {3×1 cell}
    {3×1 cell}

colHeadings =

    3×1 cell array

    {'name'  }
    {'adress'}
    {'city'  }

Error using cell2struct
Number of field names must match number of fields in new structure.

Error in e4 (line 11)
addressStruct = cell2struct(adresses, colHeadings, 1)

May be the problem is, that a single address is a vertikal array 3*1. How can I do this in right way?

Thank you very much for help!

Answer 1

[Prateek Rai]

As per my understanding you are trying to convert an array of cells into an array of structures but "cell2struct" is throwing an error. I think the Issue is with the way of concatenating all addresses in “addresses”. Use “vertcat” instead to concatenate the cell arrays.

Here is the sample code :

address1 = { 'aaa' 'bbb' 'ccc' } 
address2 = { 'ddd' 'eee' 'fff' } 
address3 = { 'ggg' 'hhh' 'iii' } 
address4 = { 'jjj' 'kkk' 'lll' } 
address5 = { 'mmm' 'nnn' 'ooo' } 
 
addresses = vertcat(address1, address2, address3, address4, address5) 
 
colHeadings = { 'name'; 'address'; 'city'} 
 
addressStruct = cell2struct(addresses, colHeadings, 2) 

You can refer to the following documentation for more information on “vertcat”.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/vertcat.html