MATLAB: Charecter assignment to variable

Question

Hi guys,

I am trying to assignment a character to variable but I guess the variables values defined to only integers or variable so;

if ı write a =k;

matlab will recognize that a variable equal k variable or value but ı want to write that a variable equal 'k' character only . I need a funtion that can recognize 'k' character;

sentence = [ {h} {e} {l}........ {o} {r} {l} {d}];
  for n=1:strlenght(sentence)
    for an=1:4
      j=charsentence(n); %% this line has to configure ı guess
      shortset =[shortset j];
     
    end
  end

and also guys ,this is inpedendent question, i need a function that can indicate character or other one ı will use in the if condition if j character use or it is not pass.

thank you.

Answer 1

To get the character k in variable a, you don't need a function, you simply need to add quotes around it:

a = 'k';

That's way easier than having a function.

There is also an ischar() function that you might want to know about, as well as isnumeric() and others.