Iterating array of chars and saving to table or cell

I want to make a loop that would allow me to iterate using this function

GeneontObj(temp(i,1)).terms.definition;

For example if I'll do

T = GeneontObj(temp(1,1)).terms.definition

I will receive

T = ""A multimeric enzyme complex, usually a dimer or an octamer, 
that catalyzes the conversion of 2-phospho-D-glycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate and water."
[GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]"

My iterator has about 1500 records, and I would like to save an array like T above to a table, each row for each iteration.

With other data than char/strings I'd do something like:

result = zeros(length(temp), 1)
for i = 1:length(temp)
  result(i) = GeneontObj(temp(i,1)).terms.definition;
end

but because it is char i have an error:

Unable to perform assignment because the left and right sides have a different number of elements.

It would be perfect, if there is a way to store this data in table, but cell array will also work.

Answer 1

[J. Alex Lee]

Try this, if your function actually returns strings as your output suggests (rather than a char array)

result = strings(length(temp), 1)
for i = 1:length(temp)
  result(i) = GeneontObj(temp(i,1)).terms.definition;
end

But this is not a "table" in the sense of a matlab table data type...

[M]

Thank you! After this, i changed result into cell array, and then cell array to a table and everything works perfectly :)

a = cellstr(result);
studyResult = cell2table(a);

[J. Alex Lee]

Glad it helps. You shouldn't have to go through a cell array, you should be able to just do

studyResult = array2table(result)