Transferring Data between Cell Arrays

Hi,

Simple question, is there a more efficient method of transferring batches data from one cell array to another.

   B{1:5,1:8} = A{6:11,1:8};

Operations like this don't work, but I am hoping to find a method similar to this that does not involve for-loops, which is what I am currently doing.

    for i = 1:5
      for j = 1:8
         B{i,j} = A{5+i,j};
      end
    end

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Using the curly brackets is going to look into the contents. Instead, use parentheses to just assign the cells themselves:

B(1:5,1:8) = A(6:10,1:8);

(I also corrected your size mismatch.)

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

clear B
A=num2cell(rand(20))
B(1:6,1:8) = A(6:11,1:8);