Error using ==> get. Conversion to double from cell is not possible.

Hello all, I am trying to access data I saved from a uitable in another function. I have a savebutton and here is what I put under the callback function:

% Saves the current values for all accounts handles.oldAsset = get(handles.tableAsset,'Data');

In another function, I have:

oldAssets = get(handles.oldAsset, 'Data');

but it gives the error, 'Error using ==> get. Conversion to double from cell is not possible.'

I need to be able to compare data from handles.oldAsset to the updated version using strings, but

oldAssets = str2num(handles.oldAsset);

gives me NaN values for string data.

How am I able to access handles.oldAsset without losing the strings in the cells?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

When you execute

handles.oldAsset = get(handles.tableAsset,'Data');

then handles.oldAsset will be set to the Data contents of the uitable, in cell array format. But then you try to get() the 'Data' property of that cell array itself, and of course that fails because the cell array is not a handle.

Why do you need to compare the data using strings? Why not compare the binary data? isequal() can be used on strings and on numeric data.