indexing a field in a structure

I need to save every mean from this structure into a vector. (there are 270 fields)

m_vector(1:270) = s(11).structure.mean(1:270) does not work and I am not sure why

[matthias daeumer]

This is the error:

>> m_vector(1:270) = s(vv).structure.Mean(1:270)

Expected one output from a curly brace or dot indexing expression, but there were 270 results.

[Stephen23]

"I need to save every mean from this structure into a vector. (there are 270 fields)"

I very much doubt that there are 270 fields. Most likely you are confusing the number of fields (displayed as headers in the Variable Viewer) with the number of elements in the structure (displayed as rows). In fact these are totally independent things.

But until you actually upload the data in a mat file by clicking on the paperclip button, we will have to rely on guessing.

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Your indexing is not correct. If s(11).structure has exactly 270 elements, then all you need is this:

out = [s(11).structure.Mean]

Read more on how to use comma-separated lists:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/comma-separated-lists.html

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/320713-how-to-operate-on-comma-separated-lists

For an explanation of why your indexing is not correct:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/329538-why-do-i-get-this-error-for-this-non-scalar-structure

Answer 2

[Ameer Hamza]

Try this

all_means = cell2mat(arrayfun(@(i) {[s(i).structure.mean]}, 1:numel(s)))
% or
all_means = cell2mat(arrayfun(@(s_) {[s_.structure.mean]}, s))