How to convert 1x1 cell array to 5x1 cell array of datetime string in Matlab

Question

I want to get Nx1 cell array from 1x1 cell array of datetime string. Where N is greater than 98.

Time = {datestr(now(),'mmmm dd, yyyy HH:MM:SS.FFF')};

Time =

  1×1 cell array

    {'January 28, 2021 12:27:15.280'}

I want to convert this as

    Time=  
    5×1 cell array
    
        {'January 28, 2021 17:24:47.119'}
        {'January 28, 2021 17:24:47.119'}
        {'January 28, 2021 17:24:47.119'}
        {'January 28, 2021 17:24:47.119'}
        {'January 28, 2021 17:24:47.119'}

I am doing this using

Time=[Time;Time;Time;Time;Time]

But for variable and large value of N, it is very difficult.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65936852/how-to-convert-1x1-cell-array-to-5x1-cell-array-of-datetime-string-in-matlab

Answer 1

Use repmat:

Time = {datestr(now(),'mmmm dd, yyyy HH:MM:SS.FFF')};
Nrows = 100;
Ncols = 1;
Time = repmat(Time, [Nrows, Ncols]);