How to create a cell array from rows of an existing cell array?

I have a cell array named "list" of 900 rows and 9 columns, each element of the cell array contains a string. i want to extract few rows of "list" to create a new cell array. The rows that i need are stored in a vector named "a".

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

new_list = list(a,:);

[Miguel Reina]

perfect! thank you so much. i was using instead and was not working.

 new_list = list{a,:};

[Stephen23]

@Miguel Reina: the difference is simple:

• {} curly braces refer to the cell contents.
• () parentheses refer to the cells themselves.

Because you wanted to get a subset of the cell array, all you need is to use parentheses to refer to the cells themselves. Read more in the MATLAB documentation:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/access-data-in-a-cell-array.html