Convert a cell of 'yes' and 'no' into array of 1 and 0

Hi guys,

I have a problem converting a cell of 'yes' and 'no' (string) into array of 1 and 0 (double).

Lets say I have the following cell:

Data = 4×1 cell array

{'no' }

{'yes'}

{'no' }

{'yes'}

The output should be:

Data = [0;1;0;1]

I have the following code that works when the cell only contains 'yes' but does not when it contains a 'no'.

for i=1:length(Data)
if Data{i}=='yes'
    Data{i}=1;
else
    Data{i}=0;
end
end
Data=cell2mat(Data);

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

out = strcmpi(Data,'yes')

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

ismember(Data, 'yes')

no need to test for 'no' if you know it will always be one or the other.