How to fix Cell contents assignment to a non-cell array object ERROR?

Hi,

I am trying to create a loop that will output an array of file names so that I can easily import into Excel. The files are distinguished by the last number only.

for i=1:10
  filename{i}=sprintf('imagename_%d%s',i,'.jpg'));
end

I keep getting this error though: Cell contents assignment to a non-cell array object.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Filename must exist as something else (non-cellular) beforehand. It works fine for me:

clearvars

for i=1:10
  filename{i}=sprintf('imagename_%d%s',i,'.jpg');
end

[Mohanlall]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

[Diah Junaidi]

cool, it works when I place that "clearvars" in beginning of code. Thanks so much. BTW, what's exactly meaning of clearvars???

[Walter Roberson]

The difficulty is that you had an existing variable named filename that was not a cell array. You had to either get rid of the variable by clearing it, or you had to make it a cell array such as with

   filename = {};