struct2cell

Convert structure to cell array

Syntax

C = struct2cell(S)

Description

C = struct2cell(S) converts a structure into a cell array. The cell array C contains values copied from the fields of S.

The struct2cell function does not return field names. To return the field names in a cell array, use the fieldnames function.

Examples

Return Values and Field Names

Create a structure.

S.x = linspace(0,2*pi);
S.y = sin(S.x);
S.title = 'y = sin(x)'

S = struct with fields:
        x: [0 0.0635 0.1269 0.1904 0.2539 0.3173 0.3808 0.4443 0.5077 0.5712 0.6347 0.6981 0.7616 0.8251 0.8885 0.9520 1.0155 1.0789 1.1424 1.2059 1.2693 1.3328 1.3963 1.4597 1.5232 1.5867 1.6501 1.7136 1.7771 1.8405 1.9040 1.9675 2.0309 2.0944 ... ]
        y: [0 0.0634 0.1266 0.1893 0.2511 0.3120 0.3717 0.4298 0.4862 0.5406 0.5929 0.6428 0.6901 0.7346 0.7761 0.8146 0.8497 0.8815 0.9096 0.9341 0.9549 0.9718 0.9848 0.9938 0.9989 0.9999 0.9969 0.9898 0.9788 0.9638 0.9450 0.9224 0.8960 0.8660 ... ]
    title: 'y = sin(x)'

Convert S to a cell array.

C = struct2cell(S)

C=3×1 cell array
    {[                                                      0 0.0635 0.1269 0.1904 0.2539 0.3173 0.3808 0.4443 0.5077 0.5712 0.6347 0.6981 0.7616 0.8251 0.8885 0.9520 1.0155 1.0789 1.1424 1.2059 1.2693 1.3328 1.3963 1.4597 1.5232 1.5867 1.6501 1.7136 1.7771 1.8405 1.9040 1.9675 2.0309 2.0944 2.1579 2.2213 2.2848 2.3483 2.4117 2.4752 2.5387 2.6021 2.6656 2.7291 2.7925 2.8560 2.9195 2.9829 3.0464 3.1099 3.1733 3.2368 3.3003 3.3637 3.4272 3.4907 3.5541 3.6176 3.6811 3.7445 3.8080 3.8715 3.9349 3.9984 4.0619 4.1253 4.1888 4.2523 4.3157 4.3792 4.4427 4.5061 4.5696 4.6331 4.6965 4.7600 4.8235 4.8869 4.9504 5.0139 5.0773 5.1408 5.2043 5.2677 5.3312 5.3947 5.4581 5.5216 5.5851 5.6485 5.7120 5.7755 5.8389 5.9024 5.9659 6.0293 6.0928 6.1563 6.2197 6.2832]}
    {[0 0.0634 0.1266 0.1893 0.2511 0.3120 0.3717 0.4298 0.4862 0.5406 0.5929 0.6428 0.6901 0.7346 0.7761 0.8146 0.8497 0.8815 0.9096 0.9341 0.9549 0.9718 0.9848 0.9938 0.9989 0.9999 0.9969 0.9898 0.9788 0.9638 0.9450 0.9224 0.8960 0.8660 0.8326 0.7958 0.7557 0.7127 0.6668 0.6182 0.5671 0.5137 0.4582 0.4009 0.3420 0.2817 0.2203 0.1580 0.0951 0.0317 -0.0317 -0.0951 -0.1580 -0.2203 -0.2817 -0.3420 -0.4009 -0.4582 -0.5137 -0.5671 -0.6182 -0.6668 -0.7127 -0.7557 -0.7958 -0.8326 -0.8660 -0.8960 -0.9224 -0.9450 -0.9638 -0.9788 -0.9898 -0.9969 -0.9999 -0.9989 -0.9938 -0.9848 -0.9718 -0.9549 -0.9341 -0.9096 -0.8815 -0.8497 -0.8146 -0.7761 -0.7346 -0.6901 -0.6428 -0.5929 -0.5406 -0.4862 -0.4298 -0.3717 -0.3120 -0.2511 -0.1893 -0.1266 -0.0634 -2.4493e-16]}
    {'y = sin(x)'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  }

The cell array does not include field names. To return the field names in a cell array, use the fieldnames function. fieldnames and struct2cell return the field names and the values in the same order.

fields = fieldnames(S)

fields = 3x1 cell
    {'x'    }
    {'y'    }
    {'title'}

Input Arguments

S — Input structure array

structure array

Input structure array. S can be a structure array of any size. If S is an m-by-n structure array with p fields, then C is a p-by-m-by-n cell array.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation

Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

Usage notes and limitations:

• If S is a variable-size array of structures, then each field of every element must have the same type. Heterogeneous cell arrays cannot be variable-size.

• For a fixed-size array of structures S, if struct2cell cannot convert S to a homogeneous cell array, then the output cell array is heterogeneous. A heterogeneous output cell array can have a maximum of 1024 elements.

Thread-Based Environment

Run code in the background using MATLAB® backgroundPool or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ ThreadPool.

This function fully supports thread-based environments. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions in Thread-Based Environment.

Distributed Arrays

Partition large arrays across the combined memory of your cluster using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.

This function fully supports distributed arrays. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions with Distributed Arrays (Parallel Computing Toolbox).

Version History

Introduced before R2006a