Problems running the code in Mac

Hi,

I have a code that works fine with windows, but returns me an error when I try to run it using mac. Here is my code and my error

for i=1:numel(M_.params)
    p.(M_.param_names{i}) = M_.params(i);
end

Brace indexing is not supported for variables of this type.

Here, M_.param_names is 54x8 char and M_.params is 54x1 double.

Answer 1

[Jan]

This will not run on a PC also. If M_.param_names is a 54x8 char, you cannot use braces for indexing, because they work for cells only.

So the actual problem is, why M_.param_names is a CHAR matrix on the Mac, while it must be a cell string on the PC to let the code run. How did you create this variable? Is it an import of a text file, which expects specific line breaks?

[Vahagn]

M_.param_names is created by Dynare toolbox that works on Matlab.

[Vahagn]

Here, how it looks like

[Jan]

@Vahagn: This looks like a CHAR matrix and as explained already, you cannot access it with curly braces as index. But the conversion to a cell string is easy:

names = cellstr(M_.param_names);  % This is a cell string now
for i=1:numel(M_.params)
    p.(names{i}) = M_.params(i);
end

cellstr crops the trailing spaces.

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

Indexing into a char array using {} is not supported on any platform.

a = 'abracadabra'

a = 'abracadabra'

a(5) % 'c'

ans = 'c'

a{5} % error

Brace indexing is not supported for variables of this type.

Perhaps your M_.param_names variable is a char array on Mac but a cell array containing char arrays on Windows and/or Linux. How do you create that field of the M_ struct?