Convert a table column of mixed data type to one data type

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Hi,
I have a table column that has both integers and strings. The integers are for dates. I would like to convert the integers to dates and then dates to strings.
How to do that?
Thanks in advance!
Jennifer
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James Tursa
James Tursa on 16 Jun 2016
Please post a small example, showing exactly what you have in the column and what the desired output would be. Specifically, what is the integer value and how is it related to a date?

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Kirby Fears
Kirby Fears on 16 Jun 2016
Jennifer,
Here's an example using a cell mixed type cell array "Var1" in table "t". You should be able to solve your problem with a similar approach.
t = cell2table({'date1',736495,'date2',736496,'date3',736497}');
ix = cellfun(@isnumeric,t.Var1);
t.Var1(ix) = cellfun(@(x)datestr(x,'yyyymmdd'),t.Var1(ix),'UniformOutput',false);

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