`strvcat`

Stacks text into a character matrix, skipping empty inputs.

Category: Language Fundamentals > Data Types

Syntax

S = strvcat(s1, s2, ...)

Returns a char matrix with one row per non-empty input.

Description

strvcat works like char or str2mat, with one difference: inputs that are empty do not produce a blank row, they are dropped. So strvcat('a', '', 'b') has two rows while char('a', '', 'b') has three.

It is a legacy function; prefer char when blank rows are wanted and string arrays when padding is not needed.

Input arguments

s1, s2, ...: Character vectors, strings or cell arrays of character vectors.

Output arguments

S: Character matrix padded with blanks to the length of the longest row.

Example

Empty input dropped

S = strvcat('one', '', 'three');
size(S)
S

Output

ans = 1×2

     2     5
S = 2×5 char array

    'one  '
    'three'

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