find unique values in nested cell array

I have a nx1 cell array, with each row containing another cell array of variable size. I would like to isolate unique values in each nested array, while still keeping the structure of the larger cell array.

Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

I’m not sure what you want.

This will give you the unique values amongst all the nested cells in your cell array:

C = {{randi(99, 1, 10)};  {randi(99, 1, 5)};  {randi(99, 1, 20)}};
C1 = [C{:}];
Cu = unique([C1{:}]);

[PBB]

This does help me find unique values, but it gets rid of the overall structure of the cell array(and nested arrays). I didn't make that clear in my original question- sorry about that.

[Star Strider]

This may be closer to what you want:

C = {{randi(9, 1, 10)};  {randi(9, 1, 5)};  {randi(9, 1, 20)}};
Cu = cellfun(@(x) unique(x{:}), C, 'UniformOutput',false)
celldisp(Cu)                                                    % Display Results (Optional)

It will give you the unique values in each nested cell.

[PBB]

Works well, thanks!!

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!