Struct information string extraction

I have a Struct that I want to get word info out of.

I know if I want to pull out the "id" numbers, I do

vals = [data.categories.id]

%that outputs

vals =

     0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17
     
%but if I want .name
vals = [data.categories.name]

vals =

    'Damage-DetectionFront-Windscreen-DamageHeadlight-DamageMajor-Rear-Bumper-DentRear-windscreen-DamageRunningBoard-DentSidemirror-DamageSignlight-DamageTaillight-Damagebonnet-dentdoorouter-dentfender-dentfront-bumper-dentmedium-Bodypanel-Dentpillar-dentquaterpanel-dentrear-bumper-dentroof-dent'

All of the string is pushed together. How can I extract that and get a matrix so I can match it up with the .id vals

[Chunru]

attach "data" as a mat-file

[Mathieu NOE]

hello

you can use split to get individual strings

vals = split(vals,'-');

Answer 1

[Jan]

[] concatenates the CHAR vectors to one big CHAR vector and the result is expected. If you want a cell string, use curly braces:

vals = {data.categories.name};