`convertCharsToStrings`

Converts character vectors to strings, leaving other values alone.

Category: Language Fundamentals > Data Types

Syntax

B = convertCharsToStrings(A)

Returns A with character vectors replaced by strings.

Description

The function exists to make code accept both kinds of text. A char vector becomes a 1-by-1 string, and a cell array of char vectors becomes a string array. Values that are already strings or are not text are returned unchanged.

The opposite conversion is convertStringsToChars.

Input arguments

A: A char vector, or a cell array of char vectors.

Output arguments

B: A string scalar, or a string array of the same size as the cell array.

Example

Chars to strings

convertCharsToStrings('abc')
convertCharsToStrings({'a','b'})

Output

ans = "abc"
ans = 1×2 string array

    "a"    "b"

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