How to separate Variables Names from the Data in Two Different table

Hello,

I have been able to read my excel file and to create my table using this code:

T = readtable('Data.xlsx','TextType','string');

I would like to separate them in 2 differents tables one with variables names and one with the data

because my list of variable name is very long.

like following:

varnames = ["Var1""Var2"..."VarN"]

data =["BOB" "london" "BIM" "Alfred" "Paris" "BOB" "John" "BOB" "CEF"]

Thanks for your understanding

Have a nice day.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Perhaps something like this —

T1 = array2table(randi(99, 10, 5))

T1 = 10×5 table
    Var1    Var2    Var3    Var4    Var5
    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____

     66      94      35       1       7 
     80      65      87      94       7 
     18      90      14      99      88 
     23      29      23      14      46 
     55      58      31      61      57 
     97      52      61      95       1 
     55      23      39      27      31 
     98       5      11      12      88 
     47      15      55      80      46 
     83      49      81      31      27 

T2 = T1;
T2.Properties.VariableNames = {'Alpha','Beta','Gamma','Delta','Epsilon'}

T2 = 10×5 table
    Alpha    Beta    Gamma    Delta    Epsilon
    _____    ____    _____    _____    _______

     66       94      35        1         7   
     80       65      87       94         7   
     18       90      14       99        88   
     23       29      23       14        46   
     55       58      31       61        57   
     97       52      61       95         1   
     55       23      39       27        31   
     98        5      11       12        88   
     47       15      55       80        46   
     83       49      81       31        27   

Make appropriate changes to get the desired result.

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[Alikouider]

Thanks again...

but I can't get my data alone without variable name at the row heading?

[Star Strider]

The only way to find out is to do that experiment —

T1 = array2table(randi(99, 10, 5))

T1 = 10×5 table
    Var1    Var2    Var3    Var4    Var5
    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____

     53       6      33      10      29 
     62      33      89      18      88 
      6      32       3      56      40 
      4       5      57      62      92 
     45      13      96      96      71 
     78      10      53      51      49 
     20      53      58      22      65 
     54      18      10       5      16 
     23      22      78      34      69 
     68      57      74      37      42 

T2 = T1;
T2.Properties.VariableNames = repmat({' '}, 1, 5)

Duplicate table variable name: ' '.

T3 = T1;
T3.Properties.VariableNames = cell(1,5)

These both fail, for different reasons.

So, regardless of whether the variable names are blanks or are empty, those will fail.

The variable names must be a cell array filled with some sort of unique character vectors.

If the intent is to not have any variable names, then the only option is to use table2array, table2cell, or something similar, depending on what works best in the intended application (and what works best with the contents of the original table array).

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[Alikouider]

Clear Ok

Thanks again

Good evening

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

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