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    MATH.

    2720 Introduction to Programming with MATLAB


    Cell Arrays and Structures

    A. Cell Arrays
    Cell arrays are like numeric arrays, but their elements can be any MATLAB construct, even another
    cell array. They are useful for combining disparate types of information into a single variable. For
    example, suppose you wanted to keep track of weather information, including the date, low and
    high temperatures, cloud cover (clear, partly cloudy, cloudy), and amount of precipitation. Here is
    an example of one way you could do that.
    weather_info = cell(3, 4); %This creates an empty 3x4 cell array
    weather_info(1, :) = {’July 1, 2015’,[65, 78],’clear’,0}; %Notice the curly bracket notation
    weather_info(2, :) = {’July 2, 2015’,[60, 72],’cloudy’,1};
    weather_info(3, :) = {’July 3, 2015’,[65, 83],’partly cloudy’,0};
    Try typing the following commands to see the difference in the output.
    weather_info(1, :)
    weather_info{1, :}

    B. Structures
    Structures are similar to cell arrays, but elements are indexed by name rather than by numerical
    index. If you wanted to record the same information in a structure array that you recorded in the
    cell array weather_info here is one way you could do it.
    weather_data(3) = struct(’date’, ’July 3, 2015’, ’temps’, [65, 83], ’cover’,...
    ’partly cloudy’, ’precip’, 0); %Starting with the last array entry causes MATLAB
    %to preallocate space for the whole array.
    weather_data(1) = struct(’date’, ’July 1, 2015’, ’temps’, [65, 78], ’cover’,...
    ’clear’, ’precip’, 0);
    weather_data(2) = struct(’date’, ’July 2, 2015’, ’temps’, [60, 72], ’cover’,...
    ’cloudy’, ’precip’, 1);
    A second way to generate the structure weather_data given that the cell array weather_info
    already exists is to use the cell2struct command
    weather_data = cell2struct(weather_info,{’date’, ’temps’, ’cover’, ’precip’},2);
    Here is how you can reference the temps field in the structure weather_data(2):
    weather_data(2).temps
    You can also convert structures to cell arrays using the command struct2cell. For example, the
    following command would convert the structure weather_data to the cell array UML_weather_data:
    UML_weather_data = struct2cell(weather_data);

    C. References
    1. Attaway, MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, 2nd ed.,
    Elsevier, 2012.
    2. Driscoll, Learning MATLAB, SIAM, 2009.
    3. Knoesen, Amirtharajah, Vahid, and Lysecky, Programming in MATLAB, zybooks.com, 2015.
    Practice Problems (from Attaway, MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and
    Problem Solving)

    1. Create the following cell array: ca = {’abc’, 11, 3:2:9, zeros(2)}


    Use the reshape function to make ca a 2 × 2 matrix. Then write an expression that refers to
    the last column of this cell array. (You might want to look at the handout on Working with
    Arrays.)

    2. Write a script file defining the following three cell array variables:
    names = {’Harry’, ’Xavier’, ’Sue’}
    verbs = {’loves’, ’eats’}
    nouns = {’baseballs’, ’rocks’, ’sushi’}
    Have your script print a sentence using one random element from each cell array (e.g.
    Xavier eats sushi). Hint: The command rule = randi([1 3]) will generate a 1, 2,
    or 3 with equal probability and the command rule = randi([1 2]) will generate a 1 or 2
    with equal probability.

    3. Create an array of structures to store information on students’ quiz scores. Each structure in
    the array contains 4 numbers: the student’s ID number, quiz 1 score, quiz 2 score, and quiz
    3 score. Use the following data:
    idNo q1 q2 q3
    44 7 7.5 8
    33 5.5 6 6.5
    37 8 8 8
    24 6 7 8

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