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Hey MATLAB guys,
I would like to replace all Nan in the following cell array r by a number. Could anyone please tell me how I can do that for the following problem? Thanks in advance
r = cell(sum(nL), numel(nL), numel(nW), max(nW(:)));
for k = 1 : numel(nW)
for m = 1 : nW(k)
for j = 1 : numel(nL)
for i = 1 : nL(j)
r{i + Nup*(j - 1), j, k, m} = .....
end
end
end
end
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Rik
Rik on 26 Apr 2019
This time I edited your question for you. Next time, please use the tools explained on this page to make your question more readable.
Susan
Susan on 26 Apr 2019
Sorry, I didn't know that.
Sure thing!

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Accepted Answer

Guillaume
Guillaume on 26 Apr 2019
Your question is not very unclear. You show a loop filling (part) of a cell array with ... something unspecified. Presumably, that something is a matrix or vector of varying size and not a scalar (otherwise you wouldn't be using a cell array) and maybe part (all?) of it can be NaN.
If you don't want NaNs in the something, simply replace them before copying the something in the cell array:
for ...
for ...
something = ...
something(isnan(something)) = somevalue; %replace NaNs by somevalue
r{..} = something;
end
end
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Susan
Susan on 27 Apr 2019
Thanks Guillaume for your reply. What you mentioned is exactly what I am doing and your answer is what I was looking for. Thanks again!

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More Answers (2)

Rik
Rik on 26 Apr 2019
You can use the isnan function:
r = cell(sum(nL), numel(nL), numel(nW), max(nW(:)));
for k = 1 : numel(nW)
for m = 1 : nW(k)
for j = 1 : numel(nL)
for i = 1 : nL(j)
if isnan(r{i + Nup*(j - 1), j, k, m})
r{i + Nup*(j - 1), j, k, m} = .....
end
end
end
end
end
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Rik
Rik on 27 Apr 2019
That seems like it should work, yes. I just wrote the code like that because you didn't mention any context of your question, so it was/is a bit difficult to give sensible advice. You can also have a look at Guillaume's suggestion, maybe that suggestion works better for your situation.
Susan
Susan on 27 Apr 2019
Thank you so much for your reply. It helps a lot.

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Susan
Susan on 29 Apr 2019
Hey guys! cI got another question regarding cell arrays. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I want to implement fmincon() for this problem:
I am minimizing an objective function with respect to some variables. the variable has the following format
X = cell(max(I(:)), numel(I), numel(I), numel(M), max(M(:))))
and inside each cell I have a Nt*Nr matrix. The goal is to find the optimal values of each matrix.
I defined the symbolic array of X (I am not sure if I am doing it correctly, though) and pass it to my objective function to calculate the objective function as follows:
X = cell2sym(cell(max(I(:)), numel(I), numel(I), numel(M), max(M(:))));
objfun = f(X)
but, I get the following error:
Brace indexing is not supported for variables of this type.
while I am able to get the value of f(X0) without any issue. Could anyone please kindly explain what the problem is?
Thanks in advance
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Guillaume
Guillaume on 30 Apr 2019
You would be better off starting a new question. It's certainly not something I can help with as I don't have and know nothing about the symbolic toolbox.
Susan
Susan on 30 Apr 2019
Thanks for your reply. Sure I will.

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