Extract runs of values from cell array

I have a cell array containing many empty cells, the occasional isolated value surrounded by empty cells, and a few runs of values in consecutive cells. e.g.:

C = {[]	[] 107 [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] 60 79 98 117 [] []}

Is there a way to pull out only those cells that form part of a run of values?

i.e.

B = {60 79 98 117}

Answer 1

[KSSV]

iwant =  C(~cellfun('isempty',C))

[Alexander Collins]

So I'm already doing this, but I want to specifically exclude those values that are only surrounded by empty cells.

Thanks.

[KSSV]

C = {[]	[] 107 [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] 60 79 98 117 [] []} ;
idx = cellfun(@isempty,C) ;
C(idx) = {NaN} ;
C = cell2mat(C) ;

ii = zeros(size(C));
jj = C > 0;
ii(strfind([0,jj(:)'],[0 1])) = 1;
idx = cumsum(ii).*jj;
out = accumarray( idx(jj)',C(jj)',[],@(x){x'});
celldisp(out)

 
out{1} =
 
   107

 
 
out{2} =
 
    60    79    98   117

 

Reference: https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/104614-grouping-continuous-nonzero-in-a-row-vector

You may pick the cell which has more than one element.

[Alexander Collins]

Thanks!

Must have had the wrong search terms for finding that original post.