MATLAB: How to generate string without space at the beginning

MATLABnum2strstrcat

FieldsLetter = repmat('Item_',16,1);
FieldsDigit = num2str(transpose(2:2:16),'%1d');
Fields = strcat(FieldsLetter, FieldsDigit);
The result from above code is Fields =
Item_ 2
Item_ 4
Item_ 6
Item_ 8
Item_10
Item_12
Item_14
Item_16
But what I want is Fields =
Item_2
Item_4
Item_6
Item_8
Item_10
Item_12
Item_14
Item_16
So how to generate string by using num2str without the space at the beginning? Thank you.

Best Answer

Easier, you can just add the string part to the num2str format:
Fields = num2str((2:2:16)', 'Item_%d');
Of course, this right-justifies the final results, which may or may not matter to you. If you're looking to get a cell array of strings eventually, you can quickly trim the extra whitespace:
Fields = strtrim(cellstr(num2str((2:2:16)', 'Item_%d')))
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