Splitting a cell array of multi-word strings into a cell array of single-word strings
1 view (last 30 days)
Show older comments
Illan Kramer
on 3 Feb 2020
Commented: Illan Kramer
on 3 Feb 2020
I have a cell array of multi-word strings that is very long (many tens of thousands of cells) that I want to split into a cell array of single-word strings. Is there a way to do this without combining the split function and a for loop?
Currently, I am doing the following:
CellStrings = {'Here is my First String';'Now a second string';'And here is a third'}
SingleColumnStrings = {};
for i = 1:length(CellStrings)
temp = split(CellStrings(i));
SingleColumnStrings = [SingleColumnStrings; temp];
clear temp
end
clear i
When CellStrings gets large, this for loop takes forever. Is there a way to do this as a matrix/vector operation?
Thanks in advance.
1 Comment
Guillaume
on 3 Feb 2020
Note that clear is rarely needed. clear inside a loop is a particularly bad idea and will slow the loop for no useful purpose.
Accepted Answer
fred ssemwogerere
on 3 Feb 2020
I think this can do nicely:
SingleColumnStrings=cellstr(strsplit(strjoin(string({'Here is my First String';'Now a second string';'And here is a third'})'))')
More Answers (1)
See Also
Categories
Find more on Characters and Strings in Help Center and File Exchange
Community Treasure Hunt
Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!
Start Hunting!