MATLAB: Recovering String Parts from combined string

Question

Hello,

If the two strings

k1='ab';

and

k2='c';

are concatenated as

k3=strcat(k1,k2);

then how can we recover the string k1 in its entirety from k3? It gives

k3(1)='a' 

What can be done to get

k3(1)='ab'

and not k3(1)='a'.

That is, k3(1) should be equal to k1, and not the first part of k1.

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is not possible with simple arrays. You need to use cell arrays for this. For example

k1='ab';
k2='c';
k3 = {k1, k2};

Access them like this

>> k3{1}
ans =
    'ab'
>> k3{2}
ans =
    'c'