Convert a string array to a cell array of strings

Question

Matt J 2020-9-14

评论： Walter Roberson 2020-9-14

Starting with a cell array of strings,

>> C={'person','woman','man','camera','TV'};

I know that it is possible to convert to a string array,

>> S = string(C)
S = 
  1×5 string array
    "person"    "woman"    "man"    "camera"    "TV"

I am wondering, however, whether there is a command to do the reverse conversion. I can make my own as follows,

>> C=arrayfun(@(s)char(s),S,'uni',0)
C =
  1×5 cell array
    {'person'}    {'woman'}    {'man'}    {'camera'}    {'TV'}

However, I am wondering if there is a native Matlab command for doing this that I have overlooked.

Answer 1

Walter Roberson 2020-9-14

cellstr(S)

Matt J 2020-9-14

Ah, good. Counter-intuitively named though, IMO.

Walter Roberson 2020-9-14

It could be claimed that it is natural because it takes string ('str') and produces a cell ('cell')

... But I wouldn't claim that.