mysterious reason for CAT error when defining cell array

hi,

i'm trying to create a cell array that contains a bunch of filenames that i need to read later, by saying:

filenamelist = {...

'011_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U2026_dT05' ... '012_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U1263_dT08' ... '013_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U0842_dT12' ... '081_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px70W_C4Wm2_PCFW1111_U1010_dT05' ... %'083_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px70W_C4Wm2_PCFW1111_U04081_dT12' ... '021_tempZdata_Hr3_2x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U1011_dT05' ...

};

where the line that has been commented out is a filename that i don't want matlab to read for now.

unfortunately, when i try to do it, i get the following message: Error using ==> vertcat CAT arguments dimensions are not consistent.

however, when i say

a = {'a' ...

%,hlkjasdfhlisdfh ...

'bb'};

i don't get any error message whatsoever.

the following will not return an error either:

filenamelist = {...

'011_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U2026_dT05' ... '012_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U1263_dT08' ... '013_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U0842_dT12' ... '081_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px70W_C4Wm2_PCFW1111_U1010_dT05' ... '021_tempZdata_Hr3_2x_Hw100_split_5Px140W_C8Wm2_PCFW1111_U1011_dT05' ...

% '083_tempZdata_Hr3_1x_Hw100_split_5Px70W_C4Wm2_PCFW1111_U04081_dT12' ...

};

What am I overlooking??!! HELP!!!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Please see http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2371-vertcat-error-with-array-of-strings

[Maria Alejandra Menchaca Brandan]

Thanks a lot!

You have no idea how much time we spent trying to figure that one out.

Yes, the solution of getting rid of the '...' is the most suitable for me.