converting an array of n symbolic variables to a cell array with n elements

Hi

Could somebody tell me a way to convert the symbolic array [ x, y , z ] to the 3 element cell array Cell, where Cell{1} = x, Cell{2} = y, etc? You would think it should be possible to do this with mat2cell, but this converts [ x, y, z ] to the a single element cell variable, i.e., Y = cell2mat([x,y,z]) returns T{1} = [ x,y,z].

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

num2cell() rather than mat2cell()

[Leo Simon]

Thanks, can't believe I didn't try this.

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

syms x y z
a=[x y z]
for k=1:numel(a)
A{k}=a(k)
end

[Leo Simon]

Thanks Azzi, was trying to do it without a loop, I hate loops on principle

[José-Luis]

Loops are not always evil. They can make for clearer code and are sometimes faster than the vectorized alternative.