def str_cellarray2str_list(str_cellarray):
    """ After using loadmat, the str cell array have a strange shape
        >>> here the loaded "strange" array is converted to an str list

    Args:
        str_cellarray ( ndarray): correponing to str cell array in matlab

    Returns:
        str list: 
    """
    str_array=str_cellarray
    if str_cellarray.ndim ==2: 
        tmp= str_cellarray[0,:]
        str_array= [ t[0] for t in tmp]
    elif str_cellarray.ndim ==1:
        tmp= str_cellarray[0]
        str_array= tmp  

    return str_array