converting a cell array into a structured array

I've imported some .txt files into matlab using the textscan command, where I now have a variable 'C' which is an 8x4 cell, each column of the cell refers to different locations and each row refers to a different measured variable. So, I have 4 locations and 8 variables measured in each.

How is it possible to convert C into a structure (i.e. 4 structures in this case) so that I have a structure for each location and within the structure I have variables defining each cell.

I also have a variable called 'naming' which is also a 8x4 cell where each cell corresponds to the name of each of the different cells in C.

How would I go about achieving this?

I can do it manually by:

new1=struct(name{1,1},C{1,1}{1,1});

But this would be rather time consuming with large datasets.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

perhaps:

doc cell2struct

Answer 2

[Andrei Bobrov]

try

C1 = C{1};
cn = permute(cat(3,name,C1),[3 2 1]);
new1 = struct(cn{:});