MATLAB: How to use cellstr() without losing whitespace character

Question

Hi,

i need cellstr NOT to delete ending whitespace. Some strings have whitespace and i need those to stay alive.

Btw it's weird that cellstr does not perform a full strtrim but only deletes ending whitespace character.

{' test '} would do the job for just 1 string, how do i perform this on hundrets without a loop?

What is the best way to do that?

thx

Answer 1

Pay attention to the difference between the two last commands

>> c1={'1' '12' '123'}
c1 =
  1×3 cell array
    {'1'}    {'12'}    {'123'}
>> c2=char(c1)
c2 =
  3×3 char array
    '1  '
    '12 '
    '123'
>> c3=cellstr(c2)
c3 =
  3×1 cell array
    {'1'  }
    {'12' }
    {'123'}
>> c4=num2cell(c2,2)
c4 =
  3×1 cell array
    {'1  '}
    {'12 '}
    {'123'}