Variable name in a table with a space in it
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Aaron
el 24 de Sept. de 2014
Comentada: Steven Lord
el 26 de Ag. de 2022
Hello,
how can I create a variable name in a table with a space character inside?
When I use
table(data,'RowNames',{'Row1'},'VariableNames',{'Variable X'})
I get the error message
'Variable X' is not a valid name.
How can I circumvent that?
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Image Analyst
el 24 de Sept. de 2014
No. I don't know of any languages that can take spaces in variable names. The usual workaround is to use a different character, often an underline or dash.
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Image Analyst
el 24 de Sept. de 2014
Right. If you want, you could keep a separate array of strings, a cell array, with "friendly" names that use characters not allowed in variables of field/member names. See http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#What_is_a_cell_array.3F, but of course the bookkeeping might be cumbersome.
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Jack Arnoldi
el 2 de Nov. de 2021
I encountered this problem myself and found out that I don't have a problem creating and working with a table that has spaces in its header.
If you want to add spaces in your header it works without giving me any error, for example I used:
MyTable.Properties.VariableNames = {'x' 'y' 'z' 'r x' 'r y' 'r z' 'f 1'};
And to use that I wrote:
MyTable.("f 1")
Note : I am working with Matlab 2021a
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Captain Karnage
el 26 de Ag. de 2022
@Jack Arnoldi thanks for the additional post. I confirmed it works in MATLAB 2021a for me. I'm wondering if this was unsupported in the versions available when this was originally asked?
Steven Lord
el 26 de Ag. de 2022
Support for table and timetable variable names containing spaces was added in release R2019b. See the Release Notes for more information.
Francesco Tricarico
el 23 de Oct. de 2020
Let me add some tips in addition to the Image Analyst accurate answer. I hope the following will help someone (working on a R2019b).
MATLAB R2019b accepts variable spaced names but it returns an error trying to access the variable directlty from the Variables tab in the GUI. For example both variables of this table
T = table({ones(8)},{1},'VariableNames',["variable 1", "variable 2"]);
are shown in the Variables tab:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/390198/image.png)
Clicking on variable 2, the variable is not visible:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/390203/image.png)
By the way, the variable content is in memory and becomes visible in the Command Window, prompting
T{1,1}{1}
i.e. accessing to the table cell with cell access method (MATLAB use structure access method when clicking on a table cell in the Variables tab).
A poor workourand is avoiding spaces and using Variable Descriptions (well documented in the official help) table property:
T = table({ones(8)},{1},'VariableNames',["variable_1", "variable_2"]);
T.Properties.VariableDescriptions = ["variable 1", "variable 2"];
summary(T)
Francesco
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