How to prevent array form combining
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Andrew Tubbs
on 23 Jan 2021
Commented: Andrew Tubbs
on 23 Jan 2021
I have an array in which each value is the variable of another array. My issue is that the arrays inside of the main keep combining into a single array and I need them to remain seperate. This is the problem:
Sub arrays: A1 = [1 2 3] A2 = [4 5 6] A3 = [7 8 9]
Main Array: A = [A1 A2 A3] = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
The issue is, I need to be able to use A1, A2, and A3 as individual array. When I use A(1) to denote the first array A1 = [1 2 3], the main array only gives the number 1 as it has combine all the array and gives the first value in the combination. I know this can be done by using A(1:3), but this will not work since the program contains hundreds of data sets. If anyone can tell me how to maintain the integrity of my array, with an example preferably, it would be much appreciated
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Walter Roberson
on 23 Jan 2021
A1 = [1 2 3]; A2 = [4 5 6]; A3 = [7 8 9];
A = {A1, A2, A3}
A{1}
Notice the use of {} for indexing to get to the content of the first "cell".
Note that you will not be able to do mathematics directly on A. For example, you will not be able to do something like
A = A + 1;
Instead you would need something like
A = cellfun(@(C) C+1, A, 'uniform', 0);
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