Re: Construct cell array whose elements satisfy a{i}==i

[Primoz PETERLIN]

Perhaps num2cell(1:n)?

Regards, Primoz

2011/3/11 Bård Skaflestad <address@hidden>:
> All,
>
> For initialisations purposes in an algorithm I'm implementing, I need to
> construct an n-element cell array whose i'th element is just the scalar
> 'i'.  In other words, given a positive integer 'n', I'm trying to build
> the array (n=5 for illustration purposes)
>
>   a = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
>
> So far the simplest alternatives seem to be (variations of)
>
>   a = arrayfun (@(i) i, 1:n, "UniformOutput", false)
>
> and
>
>   a = mat2cell (1:n, 1, ones ([1, n]))
>
> Are there any other, possibly more direct, constructions?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Bård Skaflestad <address@hidden>
> SINTEF ICT, Applied Mathematics
>
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