Is there a way I can assign values to a vector of names?

I want to have a vector of names, and use a for loop to give a value to each name.

For example, the bcvalues = {'bar01','bar01382,....}

for i = 1:length(bcvalues)

bcvalues(i) = NaN(1,30);

end

However, I obtained a "Conversion to cell from double is not possible."

Any kind of help is appreciated. Thank you.

[Ravi Narasimhan]

Matlab also allows "Associative Arrays" (e.g. dictionaries in Python) that can allow key/value pairs to be established.

You can look up containers.Map at:https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/overview-of-the-map-data-structure.html

% Define the keys
S={'bar01','bar01382'}

S = 1×2 cell array
    {'bar01'}    {'bar01382'}

% Map the keys to values; NaN(1,30) for the first and 2:10 for the second
mapObj = containers.Map(S,{nan(1,30), [2:10]})

mapObj = 
  Map with properties:

        Count: 2
      KeyType: char
    ValueType: any

% Examine the values of the object using the keys
mapObj('bar01')

ans = 1×30

NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN

mapObj('bar01382')

ans = 1×9

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Answer 1

[Matt J]

Yes, if you make the names the fields of a struct,

for i = 1:length(bcvalues)
           S.(bcvalues{i}) = NaN(1,30);
end

[Ana D Chavez Gonzalez]

Thank you.

[Matt J]

You're welcome but please Accept-click the answer to indicate that it resolved your question.