Converting a "boolean" string to an array in MATLAB

Question

I need to convert a string of boolean indices into an array which would look like this:

convert('11001') = [1 2 5]
convert('0000') = []
convert('001') = [3]

I don't control the function which produces the string.

Any ideas to do this in an elegant way? I already did it whith a loop but it looks wrong somehow.

Nzbuu · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-10 11:33:26Z

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function y = convert(s)
y = find(s == '1');

answered Jan 10, 2012 at 11:33

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Nzbuu · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-20 10:06:03Z

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Here's a variation that converts each character to a number.

function y = convert(s)
y = find(str2num(s')')

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answered Jan 10, 2012 at 12:54

Richie Cotton

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