how to handle array of string?

Question

Inside a Matlab function I need something like (as you can imagine in real life it should be represented as a for loop):

var(1) = 'First string';
var(2) = 'Second string';
...
var(i) = 'i-th string';

Alas, I can't do this cause var(1) should contain just a character (not an entire string) and I get:

??? Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch.

I've searching on the web, but I can't find a good solution, any ideas?

possible duplicate of Matlab: How can I put more than 2 strings of different length into one char element? — Jonas
– Jonas, Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 14:01

PaulSD · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-17 14:10:55Z

6

Use a Matlab cell array:

var{1} = 'first string';
var{2} = 'second string';
var{n} = 'nth string';

answered Oct 17, 2011 at 14:10

PaulSD

761 bronze badge

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Answer 1