I have 'value' as a cell array (Size 160*1) contians S101,S100,S103, S102 randomly.I need to look for S100 followed by S102 in this cell array such that if t1 == 'S100' && t2 == 'S102'. How can I do that?

for j = 1:(length(value)-1)
  t1 = value(j);
  t2 = value(j+1);
  if ~ strcmp {t1 , 'S100'} && strcmp {t2, 'S102'}

This doesn't work.

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Bubblesjinx - if t1 and t2 are character arrays, then your condition would be

 if strcmp(t1, 'S100') && strcmp(t2, 'S102')
     % do something
 end

Use brackets instead of the braces {}.

To ensure that t1 and t2 are character arrays and not cells, then do

 t1 = value{j};
 t2 = value{j+1};

Note that how we index into cell arrays (using brackets or braces) determines the type of the retrieved element. Using brackets will give us a cell; using braces will give us the "native" data type of the object in that cell.

[Bubblesjinx]

Thanks I was using if ~ strcmp (t1, 'S100') && strcmp (t2, 'S102')

removed ~ and it worked :) Thanks a lot