Problem with using addvars

I want to add two more columns i.e. 191 and 192 which should have the data of column 190 (sensitivity_thold_189) and rename the variables as sensitivity_thold_190 and sensitivity_thold_191 respectively.

I am using addvars for this purpose but the problem is I am getting four columns instead of two columns.

Here ind1 is representing 4 .csv files because I have to do the same thing for all the four .csv files table SensitivityThold .

%     sensitivity th
z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th = z7Acol_names (contains(z7Acol_names,'sensitivity_thold'));
%   z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(end+1) = z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(end);
%   z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(end+1) = z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(end);
for k = 1:length(z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th)
       
   z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold(:,z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(k)) = z7Adata(ind1).matfiletable(:,z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th(k));
           
end
  z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold = addvars(z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold,...
  z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold.sensitivity_thold_189,...
  'After','sensitivity_thold_189');
  

[dpb]

very, Very, VERY hard code to try to read/parse -- the variable names are far too long and complex to be able to scan the code easily -- that makes for such long and complex lines debugging is difficult at best. "Simplify, simplify..."

for k = 1:length(z7Acolnames.sensitivity_th)

We can't run your code for lack of inputs, and with the above about readability I didn't try to parse too much, but the above has to be at least four elements alone just from the small piece of the table the image shows; if the result is four, then one must presume the other columns are named something different, but the above loop; if nothing else is wrong, will add four variables (at least).

[Peter Perkins]

It looks like maybe you have a four-element struct array z7AsensorDataList with one field dynamicSensorData, each field element containing a table. You can do that, but seems like it might be overkill unless there's other information you have not provided.

In any case, I think Cris has the right answer.

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

I would do it this way

z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold.sensitivity_thold_190 = z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold.sensitivity_thold_189;
z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold.sensitivity_thold_191 = z7AsensorDataList(ind1).dynamicSensorData.SensitivityThold.sensitivity_thold_189;