Converting a cell array containing more cell arrays to one cell matrix

Hello,

This is a disturbingly simple process that I'm having the hardest time with and I can't seem to find out how to do it from other online sources or help files. I've got a cell array, C, which contains other cell arrays (a mix between numeric data and strings) and I'm trying to "break" the contained cells to combine into one cell matrix. For example:

C=
  {1x4 cell}
  {1x4 cell}
  {1x4 cell}

How do I break apart C to get the contents into a cell matrix of size 1x11? The result should look like:

A=
  [2013] 'January' [7] 'S1.13'
  [2013] 'October' [5] 'S8.13'
  [2014] 'June' [8] 'S6.14'

[Guillaume]

A looks like a cell array of size 3x4. I don't see how you'd get a 1x11 array out of a cell array with 12 elements.

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

If all the subcells are the same size, it's very simple to obtain your A (3x4 cell array)

C = {{[2013] 'January' [7] 'S1.13'}; {[2013] 'October' [5] 'S8.13'}; {[2014] 'June' [8] 'S6.14'}};
A = vertcat(C{:})

If they are not the same size but all row vectors, you can concatenate them horizontally instead (so A is 1x12 in this case):

A = horzcat(C{:}) %can simply be written [C{:}]

If they're all different shape, it of course cannot be done without reshaping the subcells.

[Patrick Comiskey]

vertcat worked perfectly. I knew it was simple but just couldn't think of it, thank you!