MATLAB: Concatenate values from matrix and cell array

MATLABmatrix array

i have a matrix and a cell array
mtric = 
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
cell_array =
aa bb cc
dd ee ff
gg hh ii
i wanted to combine both these as
new_out = 
1 - aa     2 - bb     3 - cc
4 - dd     5 - ee     6 - ff
7 - gg     8 - hh     9 - ii

Best Answer

>> M = [1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9];
>> C = {'aa','bb','cc';'dd','ee','ff';'gg','hh','ii'};
>> F = @(n,c) sprintf('%d - %s',n,c{:});
>> Z = arrayfun(F,M,C,'uni',0)
Z = 
    '1 - aa'    '2 - bb'    '3 - cc'
    '4 - dd'    '5 - ee'    '6 - ff'
    '7 - gg'    '8 - hh'    '9 - ii'
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