Creating empty cell array with function (2024)

function link_set = build_links(link_vectors)

% Take a set of link vectors and augment each with a zero vector representing

% the base of the link

%

% Input:

%

% link_vectors: a 1xn cell array, each element of which is an mx1 vector

% from the base to end of a link, as seen in its *local* coordinate

% frame

%

% Output:

%

% link_set: a 1xn cell array, each element of which is a mx2 matrix whose

% first column is all zeros (representing the base of the link in its

% local frame) and whose second column is the link vector (end of the

% link) in its local frame

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% Use the 'cell' 'and 'size' commands to create an empty cell array the

% same size as link_vectors, named 'link_set'

%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% Loop over the vectors in link_vectors, constructing a matrix whose

% first column is all zeros and whose second column is the link vector,

% and saving this matrix in the corresponding column of link_set

end

anInput = {[1;2;3],[4;5;6]}; % variable to use as an input

size(anInput)

anOutput = theFunction(anInput); % function call returns an output

size(anOutput) % the function made an output with the same size as the input

function theOutput = theFunction(theInput) % function definition block

theOutput = cell(size(theInput));

%%% make a matrix

end

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