How to change a char array into char row vectors?

Hey there

I`m not sure, what format Matlab wishes to have from me. The function 'regexp' generates the error 'Error using regexp. All cells must be char row vectors.'

At the moment, my input looks like:

ListA=
72x2 char array
'BETA1'
'BETA2'

In the Matlabbatch it looks like:

BBEETTAA12 

Instead of

'BETA1'
'BETA2'

How should it look like for Matlab to work? And how do I get there?

[Stephen23]

@Carole Wagnon: please upload your data in a mat file, by clicking the paperclip button.

[Carole Wagnon]

The data are huge nifti files, therefore I uploaded the matlab batch. Hope, this works too.

[Stephen23]

S = load('matlab.mat');
S.matlabbatch{1}.spm.util.imcalc.input{:}

ans = 72x17 char array
    'smwc1id000_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id001_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id002_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id003_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id004_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id005_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id006_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id007_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id008_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id009_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id010_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id011_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id012_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id013_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id014_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id015_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id016_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id017_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id018_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id019_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id020_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id021_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id022_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id023_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id024_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id025_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id026_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id027_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id028_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id029_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id030_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id031_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id032_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id033_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id034_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id035_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id036_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id037_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id038_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id039_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id040_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id041_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id042_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id043_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id044_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id045_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id046_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id047_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id048_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id049_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id050_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id051_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id052_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id053_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id054_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id055_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id056_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id057_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id058_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id059_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id060_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id061_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id062_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id063_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id064_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id065_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id066_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id067_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id068_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id069_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id070_t1.nii'
    'smwc1id071_t1.nii'

ans = 72x56 char array
    'BETA_Subject001_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject002_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject003_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject004_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject005_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject006_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject007_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject008_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject009_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject010_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject011_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject012_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject013_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject014_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject015_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject016_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject017_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject018_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject019_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject020_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject021_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject022_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject023_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject024_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject025_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject026_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject027_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject028_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject029_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject030_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject031_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject032_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject033_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject034_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject035_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject036_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject037_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject038_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject039_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject040_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject041_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject042_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject043_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject044_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject045_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject046_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject047_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject048_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject049_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject050_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject051_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject052_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject053_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject054_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject055_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject056_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject057_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject058_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject059_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject060_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject061_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject062_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject063_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject064_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject065_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject066_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject067_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject068_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject069_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject070_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject071_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'
    'BETA_Subject072_Condition001_Measure001_Component001.nii'

I do not see any reason why you cannot call cellstr on those character matrices. But whether this conversion or data type is appropriate for the tool/function/app that you are using depends on that tool/function/app.

Answer 1

[Jan]

ListA = ['BETA1'; ...
         'BETA2'];
ListAC = cellstr(ListA);

Now you can run REGEXP on the cell string.

[Carole Wagnon]

Thank you but sadly, this doesn`t work either.

Item 'Input Images', field 'val': Value must be either empty, a cellstr or a cfg_dep object.
Error using spm_jobman>fill_run_job (line 472)
No executable modules, but still unresolved dependencies or incomplete module inputs.

Error in spm_jobman (line 247)
        sts = fill_run_job('run', cjob, varargin{3:end});