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\r\n  dates_me\r\n  dates_me = \r\n     '30-Nov-2010' '31-Dec-2010' '31-Jan-2011'\r\n  \r\nThis is the improved proper usage of Cell-array version of \u003chttp://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1040-create-a-cell-array-of-month-end-date-strings-within-a-provided-date-range Challenge 1040\u003e.\r\nThanks to J.G. for identifying the proper usage.\r\n\r\n","description_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a variation of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1039-get-an-array-of-month-ends-in-a-date-range\"\u003eGet an array of month-ends by T.D.\u003c/a\u003e where the result is now a cell array of date strings.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor example:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre class=\"language-matlab\"\u003edate_start = datenum('10 Nov 2010');\r\ndate_end   = datenum('10 Feb 2011');\r\ndates_me   = month_ends(date_start, date_end); \r\ndates_me\r\ndates_me = \r\n   '30-Nov-2010' '31-Dec-2010' '31-Jan-2011'\r\n\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the improved proper usage of Cell-array version of \u003ca href=\"http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1040-create-a-cell-array-of-month-end-date-strings-within-a-provided-date-range\"\u003eChallenge 1040\u003c/a\u003e.\r\nThanks to J.G. for identifying the proper usage.\u003c/p\u003e","function_template":"function y = month_ends(date_start,date_end)\r\n y{1}=datestr(date_start,'dd-mmm-yyyy');\r\n y{2}=datestr(date_start,'dd-mmm-yyyy');\r\n  \r\nend","test_suite":"%%\r\nd1 = datenum('10-Nov-2010');\r\nd2 = datenum('10-Feb-2011');\r\ny_correct = {'30-Nov-2010','31-Dec-2010','31-Jan-2011'};\r\ndates_me=month_ends(d1,d2)\r\nassert(isequal(dates_me,y_correct))\r\n\r\n%%\r\nd1 = datenum('31-Jan-2000');\r\nd2 = datenum('10-Apr-2000');\r\ny_correct = {'31-Jan-2000','29-Feb-2000','31-Mar-2000'};\r\ndates_me=month_ends(d1,d2)\r\nassert(isequal(dates_me,y_correct))\r\n\r\n%%\r\nd1 = datenum('05-Feb-2012');\r\nd2 = datenum('10-Jul-2012');\r\ny_correct = {'29-Feb-2012','31-Mar-2012','30-Apr-2012','31-May-2012','30-Jun-2012'};\r\n\r\ndates_me=month_ends(d1,d2)\r\nassert(isequal(dates_me,y_correct))\r\n\r\n","published":true,"deleted":false,"likes_count":1,"comments_count":0,"created_by":3097,"edited_by":null,"edited_at":null,"deleted_by":null,"deleted_at":null,"solvers_count":79,"test_suite_updated_at":null,"rescore_all_solutions":false,"group_id":1,"created_at":"2012-11-21T02:41:42.000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T15:51:14.000Z","published_at":"2012-11-21T02:45:43.000Z","restored_at":null,"restored_by":null,"spam":false,"simulink":false,"admin_reviewed":false,"description_opc":"{\"relationships\":[{\"relationshipType\":\"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document\",\"targetMode\":\"\",\"relationshipId\":\"rId1\",\"target\":\"/matlab/document.xml\"},{\"relationshipType\":\"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/output\",\"targetMode\":\"\",\"relationshipId\":\"rId2\",\"target\":\"/matlab/output.xml\"}],\"parts\":[{\"partUri\":\"/matlab/document.xml\",\"relationship\":[],\"contentType\":\"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml\",\"content\":\"\u003c?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\" encoding=\\\"UTF-8\\\"?\u003e\\n\u003cw:document xmlns:w=\\\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\\\"\u003e\u003cw:body\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eThis is a variation of\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e \u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003cw:hyperlink w:docLocation=\\\"http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1039-get-an-array-of-month-ends-in-a-date-range\\\"\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eGet an array of month-ends by T.D.\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:hyperlink\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e where the result is now a cell array of date strings.\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"text\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003eFor example:\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003cw:p\u003e\u003cw:pPr\u003e\u003cw:pStyle w:val=\\\"code\\\"/\u003e\u003c/w:pPr\u003e\u003cw:r\u003e\u003cw:t\u003e\u003c![CDATA[date_start = datenum('10 Nov 2010');\\ndate_end   = datenum('10 Feb 2011');\\ndates_me   = month_ends(date_start, date_end); 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