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cell

Create a cell array of empty matrices.

Calling Sequence

c=cell()
c=cell(m1)
c=cell(m1, m2)
c=cell(m1, m2, ..., mn)
c=cell(x)

Arguments

x

Vector containing the dimensions of the cell to create.

m1, m2,..

Dimensions of the cell to create.

Description

Returns the create cell of empty matrices.

cell()

returns a (0,0) cell array of empty matrices.

cell(m1)

returns a (m1,m1) cell array of empty matrices.

cell(m1,m2)

returns a (m1,m2)cell array of empty matrices.

cell(m1,m2,..,mn)

creates a (m1,m2,..,mn) cell array of empty matrices.

cell(x)

returns a cell array of empty matrices with: the first dimension of the cell array is x(1), the second dimension is x(2), ...

Remarks

cell(x)is not the same size that x.

cell() is equivalent to cell(0).

If A is a cell array, you can access the contents of an element of A by using A(m1, m2, ..., mn).entries, the expression A(1,1) = zeros(2,2) is not valid, the right syntax is A(1,1).entries = zeros(2,2).

If A is a cell array, you can get its dimensions by using A.dims which returns an int32 value that cannot be used as a subscript for the cell array. In this case, the best way to get the cell array dimensions is size(A).

Examples

a=cell(3)
b=cell(3,1)
c=cell([2,3,4])

// Assigning cell entries
b=cell(3,1);

// Assigning the first element of b using the 'entries' field
b(1).entries=1:3

// Assigning the second element of b using the 'entries' field
b(2).entries='Scilab'

// Assigning the third element of b using the 'entries' field
b(3).entries=poly(1:3,'s')

// Assigning sub-cells
X=cell(3,2);
X(:,1)=b

// Extracting a sub-cell: result is a cell
b(1)
b(1:2)

// Extracting a sub-cell value: result is an array
b(1).entries

// Dimensions of b as an int32 value (cannont be used as an index)
b.dims
// Dimensions of b as a double value
size(b)

See Also

  • eye — identity matrix
  • ones — matrix made of ones
  • zeros — matrix made of zeros
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