Problem 1973. Reassign cell contents to empty variables, preserving cell content data type

Created by Ken Deeley

Solve Later

{"relationships":[{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document","relationshipId":"rId1","target":"/matlab/document.xml"},{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/output","relationshipId":"rId2","target":"/matlab/output.xml"}],"parts":[{"partUri":"/matlab/document.xml","relationship":[],"contentType":"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><w:document xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\"><w:body><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Given a cell array C, return a cell array D with the following specifications:</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>1. D has the same size as the input C.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>2. Each cell of D contains an empty (0x0) variable, the data type of which must match the data type of the original contents of the cell.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Examples:</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>1. If C = {1, 2; zeros(2, 'single'), 'ABC'} then D = { [], []; zeros(0, 'single'), ''}.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>2. If C = {true, rand(2), 'MATLAB'} then D = {true(0), [], ''}.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Note: cell arrays in the test suite only contain data types present in core MATLAB.</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>"},{"partUri":"/matlab/output.xml","contentType":"text/xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\" ?><embeddedOutputs><metaData><evaluationState>manual</evaluationState><layoutState>code</layoutState><outputStatus>ready</outputStatus></metaData><outputArray type=\"array\"/><regionArray type=\"array\"/></embeddedOutputs>"}]}

Solve

Solution Stats

70 Solutions
18 Solvers

Last Solution submitted on Mar 11, 2023

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

Solution Comments

Show comments

Problem Recent Solvers18

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!

Problem 1973. Reassign cell contents to empty variables, preserving cell content data type

Solution Stats

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

Solution Comments

Problem Recent Solvers18

Suggested Problems

More from this Author4

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Problem 1973. Reassign cell contents to empty variables, preserving cell content data type

Solution Stats

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

Solution Comments

Problem Recent Solvers18

Suggested Problems

More from this Author4

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Players