Adding up sizes of cell arrays

Hi, I am wondering how to add up the sizes of cell arrays for each "class." The "classes" are part of a loop. I need to be able to index each sum into j.

for j = 1:NumberOfClasses
  sizeOfCellArray{j} = size(CellArray{j})
  sum(j) = sizeOfCellArray(j).*sizeOfCellArray(j+1)
end

I know that this is wrong, because sizeOfCellArray(j+1) gets an error (Index exceeds matrix dimensions), but am I on the right track?

[Jan]

Do not shadow the built-in function SUM by using a variable of the same name.

Answer 1

[Tom]

You've made sizeofCellArray a cell, but then treat it like a double:

for j = 1:NumberOfClasses
    sizeOfCellArray(j,:) = size(CellArray{j})
     sum(j,:) = sizeOfCellArray(j,:).*sizeOfCellArray(j+1,:)
end

I'm not sure how you're accessing j+1 though? I would also advise that you change the name of the 'sum' variable, in case you want to use the built-in sum function later

Answer 2

[Kye Taylor]

I assume you have a 1-by-NumberOfClasses cell array called CellArray.

Furthermore, I assume that each element of CellArray contains an array.

The following command will return a 1-by-NumberOfClasses double array, where the jth element gives the number of elements composing the array stored in CellArray{j}.

sizes = cellfun(@numel, CellArray);

The total number of elements contained in the contents of CellArray is given by

sum(sizes)

(Make sure you clear your variable sum - in your question's original code - before issuing the above command)