How to use cellstr() without losing whitespace character?

Hi,

i need cellstr NOT to delete ending whitespace. Some strings have whitespace and i need those to stay alive.

Btw it's weird that cellstr does not perform a full strtrim but only deletes ending whitespace character.

{' test '} would do the job for just 1 string, how do i perform this on hundrets without a loop?

What is the best way to do that?

thx

[Bruno Luong]

The question needs to be illustrated with examples.

[Michael Kainzbauer]

a = cellstr(' test ') saves {' test'}

a = {' test '} saves {'test'}

i call this inconsistent ;)

a = num2cell(' test ',2) saves {' test '} what i needed

Answer 1

[Bruno Luong]

Pay attention to the difference between the two last commands

>> c1={'1' '12' '123'}

c1 =

  1×3 cell array

    {'1'}    {'12'}    {'123'}

>> c2=char(c1)

c2 =

  3×3 char array

    '1  '
    '12 '
    '123'

>> c3=cellstr(c2)

c3 =

  3×1 cell array

    {'1'  }
    {'12' }
    {'123'}

>> c4=num2cell(c2,2)

c4 =

  3×1 cell array

    {'1  '}
    {'12 '}
    {'123'}

[Michael Kainzbauer]

thx

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

Wanted = num2cell(your_char_array,2)

[Michael Kainzbauer]

yes, seems to do what i need. thx

num2cell([' test ';'test ';' a '],2)

ans =

' test '

'test '

' a '

Answer 3

[dpb]

Try the new string class...

s=string(your_char_array);

If you must end up with cellstr() array, then cast that result.

s=cellstr(string(your_char_array));

[Abdullah Al Baki]

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