How do I extract a row of data from a cell array?

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I have a 3 x 4 cell array, (a), that looks like this;
'Due' 55000 1 100
'WFR' 55100 2 200
'Due' 55200 20 300
where column 1 is of char, and the others are doubles.
I'm attempting to extract the rows of data based on the values in the 3rd column being greater than 2 (20 in this case).
Desired output is cell b = 'Due' 55200 20 300
I'm using the following code;
b=a(~ismember(a(:, 3), [1 2]), :);
I keep getting the following error message;
"Input A of class cell and input B of class double must be cell arrays of strings, unless one is a string"
This is the first time I've attempted to extract rows of data from cell arrays. Am I doing something wrong? If so, how do I approach this problem in order to get b?

Accepted Answer

Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov on 7 May 2014
b = a(cat(1,a{:,3}) > 2,:)

More Answers (1)

Sara
Sara on 7 May 2014
If you know which row you want to extract, you can do:
b = a(row,:);
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Brad
Brad on 7 May 2014
Sara, I'm looking to extract the row based on a specific value in the 3rd column (which varies). I did try your approach and it works. But I need some ideas on how to approach this when the values in the 3rd column are not equal to 1 or 2. Thanks.

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