MATLAB: A simpler way to add a string variable to a table

Question

I have a table T

Date City Visitors
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1/1/2020 New York 10
1/2/2020 New York 20

I want to add a variable 'state' that looks like

Date City Visitors State 
----------------------
1/1/2020 New York 10 NY
1/2/2020 New York 20 NY

I did

state=strings(height(T),1)

then

state(:) = 'NY'

then I create a table and merged. But is there a simpler way?

Answer 1

The doc is your friend. You should really learn how to use it.

This example shows a simple way to add a new variable to a table: Calculate and Add Result as Table Variable