Flatten (Nested) Cell Arrays

Version 2.0.0.0 (2.3 KB) by Yung-Yeh Chang
A helper function to flatten nested cell arrays
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[out] = CELLFLAT(celllist) searches every cell element in cellist and put them on the top most level. Therefore, CELLFLAT linearizes a cell array tree structure.
Update 5/31/2017:
V2.0 -
1. The default behavior does not change.
2. Additional parameter for flatten cell arrays up to N level
cellflat(C,N) flatten cell array C for up to N level (N level search/flatten). The default value is N = -1.
3. Compatible to all Matlan versions.

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Yung-Yeh Chang (2024). Flatten (Nested) Cell Arrays (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50502-flatten-nested-cell-arrays), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Version Published Release Notes
2.0.0.0

Distinguish from the older version
1.6.0.0

Fixed incorrect N level extraction
1.5.0.0

Update to 2.0
Update description.
1.4.0.0

Correct title
1.3.0.0

Take Iwo Bohr's advice that adds a sanity check for input argument.
1.2.0.0

Update title description
1.1.0.0

Update title
1.0.0.0