Converting a struct array to string array including one of the property of the struct

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I have a struct array Imgs and it includes following properties of image files inside each struct.

name
date
byte
isdir
datenum

now I want to create a new string array img_names that includes the only names of the above struct array. I am really a newbie about matlab and I don't get how to do it.

So I want to have a array like in that structure.

img_names[1] = 'file-1.jpg'

img_names[2] = 'file-2.jpg'

img_names[3] = 'file-3.jpg'

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Gunther Struyf · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17 16:34:14Z

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img_names = arrayfun(@(x) x.name,Imgs,'uni',false)

produces a cell array containing the names. You can then access each name using:

img_names{1}
img_names{2}
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answered Aug 17, 2012 at 16:34

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AGS · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17 16:27:09Z

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>> img_names=sprintf('%s\n',Imgs.name);

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 16:27

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2 Comments

Eren Golge Over a year ago

if I do that it will pass all the names to first index location but I wan to put each name to next index of each other.

AGS Over a year ago

I am not sure what you mean. Can you post a more accurate example of your data and what you would like it to look like?

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