Thread Subject:

convert string vector to matrix

Hi all,

I want to know how to convert the following vector (56*1) to a 7*8 matrix

A =

    'LLY'
    'NOK'
    'RIMM'
    'BK'
    'SAN'
    'AIG'
    'COH'
    'COP'
    'PG'
    'KO'
    'WMT'
    'JNJ'
    'GE'
    'F'
    'HMC'
    'TM'
    'T'
    'CSCO'
    'AXP'
    'LNKD'
    'AVP'
    'C'
    'LVMUY'
    'BHP'
    'QCOM'
    'NSC'
    'BBVA'
    'HRL'
    'NFLX'
    'UTX'
    'AMD'
    'NWSA'
    'MCD'
    'SBUX'
    'POT'
    'BAC'
    'BIDU'
    'SINA'
    'DANG'
    'YOKU'
    'RENN'
    'QIHU'
    'STP'
    'TSLA'
    'MSFT'
    'SAP'
    'SI'
    'MET'
    'JPM'
    'TOT'
    'DDAIF'
    'PTR'
    'PEP'
    'BCS'
    'LYG'
    'HBC'

I tried vec2mat (A, 7) and
A=[A(1:7) A(8:16) A(17:21) A(22:28) A(29:35) A (36:42) A(43:49) A (50:56)];
Both did not work

>> A={'A';'B';'C';'D'}

A =

    'A'
    'B'
    'C'
    'D'

>> B=reshape(A,2,2)

B =

    'A' 'C'
    'B' 'D'



"Benjamin " <bchang.i.8@gmail.com> wrote in message <k2cjmj$4kh$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to know how to convert the following vector (56*1) to a 7*8 matrix
>
> A =
>
> 'LLY'
> 'NOK'
> 'RIMM'
> 'BK'
> 'SAN'
> 'AIG'
> 'COH'
> 'COP'
> 'PG'
> 'KO'
> 'WMT'
> 'JNJ'
> 'GE'
> 'F'
> 'HMC'
> 'TM'
> 'T'
> 'CSCO'
> 'AXP'
> 'LNKD'
> 'AVP'
> 'C'
> 'LVMUY'
> 'BHP'
> 'QCOM'
> 'NSC'
> 'BBVA'
> 'HRL'
> 'NFLX'
> 'UTX'
> 'AMD'
> 'NWSA'
> 'MCD'
> 'SBUX'
> 'POT'
> 'BAC'
> 'BIDU'
> 'SINA'
> 'DANG'
> 'YOKU'
> 'RENN'
> 'QIHU'
> 'STP'
> 'TSLA'
> 'MSFT'
> 'SAP'
> 'SI'
> 'MET'
> 'JPM'
> 'TOT'
> 'DDAIF'
> 'PTR'
> 'PEP'
> 'BCS'
> 'LYG'
> 'HBC'
>
> I tried vec2mat (A, 7) and
> A=[A(1:7) A(8:16) A(17:21) A(22:28) A(29:35) A (36:42) A(43:49) A (50:56)];
> Both did not work

Thank Barry, it really works.