MATLAB: Simple question, array of strings

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Hi, I need to creat a very simple list of 2 strings.
list1 = ['random_string1','random_string2'];
Then, I want to create a list of these values.
Array1 = [list1,list2,list3];
  • I need to be able to access one of those string easily.
  • every string will be a different lenght and cant be determined
  • I cant use the function: var =string(one,two,three); because im using MatlabR2015
  • anyone have an idea, i guess it cant be that hard but i dont have much experience with matlab.

Best Answer

Walter is right, with no additional details, type cell is the preferred class for building arrays of varying length strings:
list1 = {'random_string1','random_string2'}
list1 = 
    'random_string1'    'random_string2'
to access one of the strings in list
list1{1}
 =
random_string1
to access one character in one string of list1
   list1{1}(1)
   =
  r
to generate the array of lists, one way could be
Array=[list1;list2;list3]
Array = 
    'random_string1'    'random_string2'
    'random_string1'    'random_string2'
    'random_string1'    'random_string2'
to access one of the strings in array, one can either use linear indices
Array{1}
 =
random_string1
Array{end}
=
random_string2
or sub-indices
Array{2,2}
 =
random_string2
to access a list in string, use :
Array{1,:}
 =
random_string1
 =
random_string2
and to access a single character in Array
   Array{1,1}(1)
   =
  r
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