MATLAB: How do you create a string from two strings by intersecting them char by char to form a new word using a loop

Question

str1 = 'Hello'

str2 = 'Canada'

strNew = 'CHaenlaldoa' %This is how the new word should look like.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Loop not required, just use indexing:

Method one:

>> str1 = 'Hello';
>> str2 = 'Canada';
>> strN = [str1,str2];
>> strN([2:2:end,1:2:end]) = strN
strN = CHaenlaldoa

Method two:

>> strN = str2([1,1],:);
>> strN(1,2:end) = str1;
>> strN = strN(2:end)
strN = CHaenlaldoa