Programming and Data Types

Cell Arrays of Strings

It's often convenient to store groups of strings in cell arrays instead of standard character arrays. This prevents you from having to pad strings with blanks to create character arrays with rows of equal length. A set of functions enables you to work with cell arrays of strings:

• You can convert between standard character arrays and cell arrays of strings.
• You can apply string comparison operations to cell arrays of strings.

For details on cell arrays see the Structures and Cell Arrays chapter.

Converting Characters to Numeric Values

Converting to a Cell Array of Strings