Join the last and first names. The join function places a space character between the
strings it joins. After the join, names is a 5-by-1 string array.names = join(names)names = 5x1 string array
"Jones, Mary"
"Adams, John"
"Young, Elizabeth"
"Burns, Paul"
"Spencer, Ann"Sort the elements of names so that they are in alphabetical order.names = sort(names)names = 5x1 string array
"Adams, John"
"Burns, Paul"
"Jones, Mary"
"Spencer, Ann"
"Young, Elizabeth"See Also
ismissing | isspace | join | plus | sort | split | string | strings | strlengthRelated Examples
- “Analyze Text Data with String Arrays” on page 6-24
- “Search and Replace Text” on page 6-54
- “Compare Text” on page 6-47
- “Test for Empty Strings and Missing Values” on page 6-31
- “Frequently Asked Questions About String Arrays” on page 6-66
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