Manipulation of cell to convert into a matrix

Hello everyone,

Assume that A = 2x2 cell, with :

A = {[5] [1,1,0] ;[4] [1,1]}

A = 2×2 cell array
    {[5]}    {[1 1 0]}
    {[4]}    {[  1 1]}

I'm trying to convert it into a matrix array. Is there a way to transform A to this matrix A_convert :

A_convert = [5 110 ; 4 10]

A_convert = 2×2

5 110 4 10

Because the cells {1,2} and {2,2} are supposed to be binary code.

Or Is it possible to have some matrix with mixed classes ? For example, we can imagine have :

[5 '110' ; 4 '10']

I already try functions cell2 'smth' but it dosen't work the way I want to do my conversion, it not the answer i'm looking for.

To illustrate my point, for example, I cannot run the script below because of a dimensions of arry issue :

% A_try = cell2mat(A) 

Because, with this script we're trying to do that : [5 1 1 0 ; 4 1 0] and of course the dimensions don't match.

Thanks in advance for your help !

[Jan]

Converting [1,1,0] to 110 does not look like a binary code. This is a decimal conversion.

[5 '110' ; 4 '10'] is not possible in Matlab. To mix variables of different type in one array, cell arrays are the correct method. So what about using the original cell? What do you consider as benefit of [5 '110' ; 4 '10']?

[Guillaume]

Binary is just the physical meaning of the data. So, is it possible to do this decimal conversion : [1,1,0] to 110 ?

My purpose is to reduce the size of those elements. The original cell is 472 Bytes.

A = {[5] [1,1,0] ;[4] [1,1]} ; whos A

  Name      Size            Bytes  Class    Attributes

  A         2x2               472  cell               

Whereas the other format would be much interesting, only 32 Bytes :

A_convert = [5 110 ; 4 10]; whos A_convert

  Name           Size            Bytes  Class     Attributes

  A_convert      2x2                32  double              

Answer 1

[Matt J]

Perhaps this is what you want?

A = {[5] [1,1,0] ;[4] [0,0]}

A = 2×2 cell array
    {[5]}    {[1 1 0]}
    {[4]}    {[  0 0]}

A_convert = cellfun(@(c) join(string(c),''), A)

A_convert = 2×2 string array
    "5"    "110"
    "4"    "00" 

Or perhaps as follows?

A_convert = A;
A(:,2) = cellfun(@(c) char(join(string(c),'')), A(:,2),'uni',0)

A = 2×2 cell array
    {[5]}    {'110'}
    {[4]}    {'00' }

[Guillaume]

This solution can match, thank you !

But I don't understand the meaning of "@(c)" notably the "@" use, can you explain ?

[Matt J]

This solution can match, thank you !

You're quite welcome, but please Accept-click the answer to indicate so.

But I don't understand the meaning of "@(c)" notably the "@" use, can you explain ?

The @ operator is used to create different types of function handles, see,

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/creating-a-function-handle.html

[Guillaume]

Many thanks, I really think that your proposal can work on my project. I will work on it to fit it with my data !

I'll also check on youre link to learn about function handles.