fill array with null if index is empty

R = string(data{:}); 
for ii=1:27    
text_str{ii} = convertStringsToChars(R(ii));

Hi, how would I set elements to "nil" if elemenet at that index doesn't exist?

eg:

apple

pear

nil

nil

Bannana

nil

....all the way to index 27

Answer 1

[Mahesh Taparia]

Hi

You can check for a particular index, if the array content of that index is empty then you can assign it to "nil". For example, consider the code below:

for i=1:N
    if(ismissing(R(i)))
        R(i)={"Nil"};
    else
        continue;
    end
end

Hope it will help!