Can I assign a single value to multiple elements of a cell array without a loop

I'd like to fill out the empty elements of myArray with zeros, but, obviously, the following doesn't work:

myArray = 0 Obviously, I could write a loop, but there has to be a better way! Thanks for any suggestions!
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James Tursa on 17 Feb 2015

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Cancel Copy to Clipboard Edited: James Tursa on 17 Feb 2015 You almost had the syntax right: myArray(find(cellfun(@isempty,myArray))) = Or you can just use logical indexing and skip the find: myArray(cellfun(@isempty,myArray)) =
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Stephen23 on 18 Feb 2015

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Cancel Copy to Clipboard Edited: Stephen23 on 18 Feb 2015

The find is completely superfluous and just slows the code down, so use the second version (uses logical indexing ). A slightly faster alternative is to use the overloaded isempty option:

myArray(cellfun( 'isempty' ,myArray)) =

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Guillaume on 17 Feb 2015

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Your main problem is the confusion between () and <> . Secondly, use logical indexing, rather than find :

myArray(cellfun(@isempty, myArray)) = <0>;
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