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We assume the input string contains only scalars or vectors of double.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 89.5px 8px; transform-origin: 89.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003efor example, this input String\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; \"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 60px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 60px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); \"\u003e'{1,2,[3 6],4}'\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 87px 8px; transform-origin: 87px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eShould produce this output:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 40.8667px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 20.4333px; transform-origin: 404px 20.4333px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; \"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 56px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 56px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-block-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); column-rule-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-emphasis-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e×\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 28px 8.5px; transform-origin: 28px 8.5px; \"\u003e4 cell \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); perspective-origin: 20px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); transform-origin: 20px 8.5px; \"\u003earray\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 172px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 172px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 96px 8.5px; transform-origin: 96px 8.5px; \"\u003e    {[1]}    {[2]}    {1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-block-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); column-rule-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-emphasis-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e×\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 72px 8.5px; transform-origin: 72px 8.5px; \"\u003e2 double}    {[4]}\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","function_template":"function y = str2cell(cell_str)\r\n  y = {};\r\nend","test_suite":"%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[3 6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[3 6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[3,5,6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[3,5,6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{[1,23,456],[78 9]}';\r\ny_correct = {[1 23 456],[78 9]};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{[1,2],[3 5 7 6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {[1,2],[3 5 7 6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,3, 6,4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,3,6,4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[12,24],[24,36],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[12 24], [24 36],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))","published":true,"deleted":false,"likes_count":2,"comments_count":3,"created_by":145393,"edited_by":223089,"edited_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","deleted_by":null,"deleted_at":null,"solvers_count":12,"test_suite_updated_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","rescore_all_solutions":false,"group_id":1,"created_at":"2018-04-24T18:56:20.000Z","updated_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","published_at":"2018-04-24T18:56:20.000Z","restored_at":null,"restored_by":null,"spam":null,"simulink":false,"admin_reviewed":false,"description_opc":"{\"parts\":[{\"partUri\":\"/matlab/document.xml\",\"contentType\":\"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml\",\"content\":\"\u003c?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\" encoding=\\\"UTF-8\\\"?\u003e\u003cw:document xmlns:w=\\\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\\\"\u003e\u003cw:body\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eYou are given a String that is equivalent to a cell array of scalars or vectors. Transform this String to its equivalent Cell array. We assume the input string contains only scalars or vectors of double.\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003efor example, this input String\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"code\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e\u003c![CDATA['{1,2,[3 6],4}']]\u003e\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eShould produce this output:\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"code\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e\u003c![CDATA[1×4 cell array\\n    {[1]}    {[2]}    {1×2 double}    {[4]}]]\u003e\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003c/w:body\u003e\u003c/w:document\u003e\",\"relationship\":null}],\"relationships\":[{\"relationshipType\":\"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document\",\"target\":\"/matlab/document.xml\",\"relationshipId\":\"rId1\"}]}"}],"problem_search":{"errors":[],"problems":[{"id":802,"title":"Create a matrix from a cell","description":"In this problem , you must convert a cell into a matrix and pad each cell with NaN. \r\n\r\n\r\n*Example 1:* \r\n\r\nIf you have the input cell:\r\n\r\n  C = {[1 2 3],[]}\r\n\r\nthe output must be the matrix :\r\n\r\n    output = [  1     2     3\r\n               NaN   NaN   NaN]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*Example 2:* \r\n\r\n  C = {[1 2 3],8,[],[15  3]}\r\n\r\nthe output must be the matrix :\r\n  \r\n       1     2     3\r\n       8   NaN   NaN\r\n     NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n      15     3   NaN\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","description_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this problem , you must convert a cell into a matrix and pad each cell with NaN.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExample 1:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have the input cell:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre class=\"language-matlab\"\u003eC = {[1 2 3],[]}\r\n\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe output must be the matrix :\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre\u003e    output = [  1     2     3\r\n               NaN   NaN   NaN]\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExample 2:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre class=\"language-matlab\"\u003eC = {[1 2 3],8,[],[15  3]}\r\n\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe output must be the matrix :\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre\u003e       1     2     3\r\n       8   NaN   NaN\r\n     NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n      15     3   NaN\u003c/pre\u003e","function_template":"function output= your_fcn_name(C)\r\n  output = C;\r\nend","test_suite":"%% example 1\r\nC = {[1 2 3],[]};\r\n output = [  1     2     3\r\n               NaN   NaN   NaN];\r\nassert(isequalwithequalnans(your_fcn_name(C),output))\r\n\r\n%% example 2\r\nC = {[1 2 3],8,[],[15  3]};\r\ny_correct = [ 1     2     3\r\n     8   NaN   NaN\r\n   NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n    15     3   NaN];\r\n\r\nassert(isequalwithequalnans(your_fcn_name(C),y_correct))\r\n\r\n\r\n%%\r\ntcell = {ones(1,4), [1 2 3 4 5], 1:8, 1, [],0};\r\ny_correct = [   1     1     1     1   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n     1     2     3     4     5   NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8\r\n     1   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN\r\n     0   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN   NaN];\r\nassert(isequalwithequalnans(your_fcn_name(tcell),y_correct))\r\n\r\n%%\r\nC = 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We assume the input string contains only scalars or vectors of double.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 89.5px 8px; transform-origin: 89.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003efor example, this input String\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; \"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 60px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 60px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); \"\u003e'{1,2,[3 6],4}'\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 87px 8px; transform-origin: 87px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eShould produce this output:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 40.8667px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 20.4333px; transform-origin: 404px 20.4333px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; \"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 56px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 56px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-block-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); column-rule-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-emphasis-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e×\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 28px 8.5px; transform-origin: 28px 8.5px; \"\u003e4 cell \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); perspective-origin: 20px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); transform-origin: 20px 8.5px; \"\u003earray\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 172px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 172px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 96px 8.5px; transform-origin: 96px 8.5px; \"\u003e    {[1]}    {[2]}    {1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border-block-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-block-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-end-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-inline-start-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); column-rule-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); perspective-origin: 4px 8.5px; text-decoration-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-emphasis-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); transform-origin: 4px 8.5px; \"\u003e×\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 72px 8.5px; transform-origin: 72px 8.5px; \"\u003e2 double}    {[4]}\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","function_template":"function y = str2cell(cell_str)\r\n  y = {};\r\nend","test_suite":"%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[3 6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[3 6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[3,5,6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[3,5,6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{[1,23,456],[78 9]}';\r\ny_correct = {[1 23 456],[78 9]};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{[1,2],[3 5 7 6],4}';\r\ny_correct = {[1,2],[3 5 7 6],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,3, 6,4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,3,6,4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))\r\n%%\r\nx = '{1,2,[12,24],[24,36],4}';\r\ny_correct = {1,2,[12 24], [24 36],4};\r\nassert(isequal(str2cell(x),y_correct))","published":true,"deleted":false,"likes_count":2,"comments_count":3,"created_by":145393,"edited_by":223089,"edited_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","deleted_by":null,"deleted_at":null,"solvers_count":12,"test_suite_updated_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","rescore_all_solutions":false,"group_id":1,"created_at":"2018-04-24T18:56:20.000Z","updated_at":"2022-05-17T08:21:42.000Z","published_at":"2018-04-24T18:56:20.000Z","restored_at":null,"restored_by":null,"spam":null,"simulink":false,"admin_reviewed":false,"description_opc":"{\"parts\":[{\"partUri\":\"/matlab/document.xml\",\"contentType\":\"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml\",\"content\":\"\u003c?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\" encoding=\\\"UTF-8\\\"?\u003e\u003cw:document xmlns:w=\\\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\\\"\u003e\u003cw:body\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eYou are given a String that is equivalent to a cell array of scalars or vectors. Transform this String to its equivalent Cell array. We assume the input string contains only scalars or vectors of double.\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003efor example, this input String\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"code\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e\u003c![CDATA['{1,2,[3 6],4}']]\u003e\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003cw:jc w:val=\\\"left\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eShould produce this output:\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"code\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e\u003c![CDATA[1×4 cell array\\n    {[1]}    {[2]}    {1×2 double}    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