C = char(A) converts the input array, A, to a character array. For instance, if A is a string, "foo", c is a character array, 'foo'.

A typical use is to store short pieces of text as character vectors, such as c = 'Hello World'. A string array is a container for pieces of text. String arrays provide a set of functions for working …

There are two ways to represent text in MATLAB®. You can store text in string arrays and in character vectors. MATLAB displays strings with double quotes and character vectors with …

To create a cell array of character vectors, use curly braces, {}, just as you would to create any cell array. For example, use a cell array of character vectors to store a list of names.

Create String Arrays from Variables MATLAB® provides string arrays to store pieces of text. Each element of a string array contains a 1-by-n sequence of characters. You can create a string …

Create an array of five blanks. To display it, embed it in a character array that starts and ends with a visible character.

[B1,...,Bn] = convertStringsToChars(A1,...,An) converts any string arrays in A1,...,An to character vectors or cell arrays of character vectors, and then returns them as the corresponding output …

Jun 4, 2013 · If you must use a for-loop, you should pre-allocate the array. If uninitialized, the growing of the array will consume a lot of time. Here, an example of preallocation and filling …

You can represent text in MATLAB ® using string arrays where each element of a string array stores a sequence of characters. The sequences can have different lengths without padding, …

Sometimes characters represent data that does not correspond to text, such as a DNA sequence. You can store this type of data in a character array, which has data type char. Character …