How can I put an array containg multiple numbers into a matlab table？

I'm getting trouble in generating a 'table' variable for my object detection program, and here's my problem:

I want to create a table that contains the file path and bouding box coordinates like this in a matlab example

However, I don't know how to put an array that contains 4 numbers into one column in matlab table object. I have successfully created a cell obejct like this, but when I use the cell2table function to convert it into table object, it looks like this......

So I would really like to know how I can create a table like it is in the first picture, and here's my code, thanks very much!

bndbox = table2array(framedata(:,2:5));
filename = table2array(framedata(:,1));
temp = cell(length(filename),2);
for i=1:length(filename)
    temp(i,1) = {filename(i)};
    temp(i,2) = {[bndbox(i,1),bndbox(i,2),bndbox(i,3),bndbox(i,4)]};
end
table = cell2table(temp);

ps: The original data is also a table object but with 4 coordinate numbers in different columns

Answer 1

[dpb]

Just use <table> directly to insert variables to a table...

files={'filename01.ext';'filename02.ext'};
coords=[randi(1000,1,4);randi(1000,1,4)]; % make up something similar
tT=table(files,coords,'VariableNames',{'ImageFile','Coordinates'})                  % put into a table

tT = 2×2 table
        ImageFile               Coordinates       
    __________________    ________________________

    {'filename01.ext'}    730    755    863    756
    {'filename02.ext'}    605    505    967    577

tT.Coordinates(2,3)                         % address a given row, column coordinate                                                         % reference a specific coordinate value

ans = 967

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

Put the bounding box coordinates in a cell array —

for k = 1:5
    imageFiles(k,:) = sprintf('vehicleImages/image%05d.jpg',k);
end
vehicle = compose('%03d,%03d,%03d,%03d', randi([100 999],5,4));

VehicleImages = table(imageFiles,vehicle)

VehicleImages = 5×2 table
             imageFiles                   vehicle      
    ____________________________    ___________________

    vehicleImages/image00001.jpg    {'665,966,527,876'}
    vehicleImages/image00002.jpg    {'328,242,615,292'}
    vehicleImages/image00003.jpg    {'664,338,503,145'}
    vehicleImages/image00004.jpg    {'398,244,399,363'}
    vehicleImages/image00005.jpg    {'444,153,102,527'}

writetable(VehicleImages,'VehicleImageInfo.txt')                                                                    % Write 'table' To File

VehicleImageData = readtable('VehicleImageInfo.txt')                                                                % Read File To 'table'

VehicleImageData = 5×2 table
               imageFiles                     vehicle      
    ________________________________    ___________________

    {'vehicleImages/image00001.jpg'}    {'665,966,527,876'}
    {'vehicleImages/image00002.jpg'}    {'328,242,615,292'}
    {'vehicleImages/image00003.jpg'}    {'664,338,503,145'}
    {'vehicleImages/image00004.jpg'}    {'398,244,399,363'}
    {'vehicleImages/image00005.jpg'}    {'444,153,102,527'}

image_file_names = cell2mat(VehicleImageData.imageFiles)                                                            % Character Array Of File Names

image_file_names = 5×28 char array
    'vehicleImages/image00001.jpg'
    'vehicleImages/image00002.jpg'
    'vehicleImages/image00003.jpg'
    'vehicleImages/image00004.jpg'
    'vehicleImages/image00005.jpg'

vehicle = cell2mat(cellfun(@str2double,cellfun(@(x)strsplit(x,','), VehicleImageData.vehicle, 'Unif',0),'Unif',0))  % 'vehicle' Bounding Box Matrix

vehicle = 5×4

665 966 527 876 328 242 615 292 664 338 503 145 398 244 399 363 444 153 102 527

There are likely several ways to do this. I chose the compose function here.

EDIT — Added writetable and readtable calls to test it, and associated functions to retrieve the necessary information.

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