Is it possible to remove a certain character (dash sign / -) from an entire column in a table.

Is it possible to remove a certain character (dash sign / -) from an entire column in a table.

The erase function seems to work only after I converted the table to cell.

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

It can work on table as well. Try something like this

T.x = erase(T.x, '-')

[Frank Huetten]

I tried and it worked. Thank you very much, saves me a lot of trouble.

The missing link was the T.x

I was using T(:,1)

[Ameer Hamza]

Instead of (), brace indexing will work

T{:,1} = erase(T{:,1}, '-')

[Frank Huetten]

Good to know, then I was at least not completely lost. However, your first solution is working much better / robust in case the table gets additional columns in the future, as the columns have names already.

[Ameer Hamza]

Yes, thats correct. I am glad to be of help!