Convert cell to array in matlab

Question

I have a certain cell of size 400x1. It basically consists of numbers in the form of string. I mean when I do

mycell{1}

it gives result

Answer 1

Like this if the size(mycell) is 400x1 . . . . .

str2num(cell2mat(mycell))

... or like this if the size is 1x400

str2num(cell2mat(mycell'))

However, this will cause problems if any of your strings contain a different number of characters, i.e.

mycell{1} = '2'
mycell{2} = '33'

If you have a case like this,

str2double(mycell)

...seems to handle this ok as mentioned in the other answer!