psom_char2cell.m

function cellstr = psom_char2cell(char_array)
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% SUMMARY PSOM_CHAR2CELL
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% Convert a char array into a cell of strings
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% SYNTAX :
% CELLSTR = PSOM_CHAR2CELL(CHAR_ARRAY)
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% INPUTS :
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% CHAR_ARRAY
%       (string array) the rows of CHAR_ARRAY are the strings of interest
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% OUTPUTS :
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% CELLSTR
%       (cell of strings) CELLSTR{I} is a deblanked version of
%       CHAR_ARRAY(I,:).
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% COMMENTS : 
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% Copyright (c) Pierre Bellec, Montreal Neurological Institute, 2008.
% Maintainer : pbellec@bic.mni.mcgill.ca
% See licensing information in the code.
% Keywords : string

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cellstr = cell([size(char_array,1) 1]);

for num_e = 1:length(cellstr)
    cellstr{num_e} = deblank(char_array(num_e,:));
end