MATLAB: How to define and store string to matrix or array

Question

Hi,

I have a variable x inside a for loop ,

Input,

In first intration, x='apple'

In second iteration, x= 'mango'

In third interation, x= 'orange'

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for i=1:3

x='apple';

end

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I want to store these strings in a matrix or array and write them to a excel file.

Can anyone, tell me how to do ?

Regards,

Jaffrey Hudson

Answer 1

With a simple cell array:

N = 3;
C = cell(1,N);
for k = 1:N
    x = ... your code
    C{k} = x;
end

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/access-data-in-a-cell-array.html

To export to an Excel file, use one of:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/xlswrite.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/writecell.html