Re: cell{1:5}=1 not working for me!!!

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 30 May 2012 11:36, oxy <address@hidden> wrote:
> And why a cell cannot be initialized as global?
>
> octave:12> global p
> octave:13> p(1:5)={3}
> error: operator =: no conversion for assignment of `cell' to indexed `matrix'
> error: assignment failed, or no method for `matrix = cell'

You haven't initialised p to be anything yet. When you do `p(1:5)', by
default `p(1:5)' is a matrix, not a cell array. Matrices can't contain
cells such as {3}

Instead do `p = {}' before you do `p(1:5) = 3'.

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.