MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

Functions to Convert Between Numeric and Text Data Types

Function Description

char Convert to a character array.

cellstr Convert a character array to a cell array of character vectors.

double Convert a character array to numeric codes.

int2str Represent an integer as text.

mat2str Convert a matrix to a character array you can run eval on.

num2str Represent a number as text.

str2num Convert a character vector to the number it represents.

str2double Convert a character vector to the double-precision value it

represents.

Functions to Work with Cell Arrays of Character Vectors as Sets

Function Description

intersect Set the intersection of two vectors.

ismember Detect members of a set.

setdiff Return the set difference of two vectors.

setxor Set the exclusive OR of two vectors.

union Set the union of two vectors.

unique Set the unique elements of a vector.

6 Characters and Strings