MATLAB Function Reference

cellstr

Create cell array of strings from character array

Syntax

• c = cellstr(S)
  

Description

c = cellstr(S) places each row of the character array S into separate cells of c. Use the char function to convert back to a string matrix.

Examples

Given the string matrix

• S=['abc ';'defg';'hi  ']
  
  S =
      abc
      defg
      hi
  
  whos S
    Name      Size         Bytes  Class
    S         3x4             24  char array
  

The following command returns a 3-by-1 cell array.

• c = cellstr(S)
  
  c = 
      'abc' 
      'defg'
      'hi'
  
  whos c
    Name      Size         Bytes  Class
    c         3x1            294  cell array
  

See Also

iscellstr, strings

cellplot

cgs