matlab - How do I find a specific cell within a cell array?

Question

Let's say I have a cell array containing 1x2 cells. eg. deck = {{4,'c'},{6,'s'}...{13,'c'}...{6,'d'}}

How can I find the index of a specific cell? E.g I want to find the index of the cell with the values {13,'c'}.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try cellfun with isequal:

>> deck = {{4,'c'},{6,'s'},{13,'c'},{6,'d'}};
>> targetCell = {13,'c'};
>> found = cellfun(@(c) isequal(c,targetCell),deck)
found =
     0     0     1     0

cellfun let's you check anyway you want (not just isequal). For example, if you want to check based on the string element in each cell:

>> targetLetter = 'c';
>> found = cellfun(@(c) strcmp(c{2},targetLetter),deck)
found =
     1     0     1     0