Cell Arrays to string

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Bob Whiley
Bob Whiley on 24 Feb 2015
Edited: per isakson on 24 Feb 2015
If I have a long cell array, say a 1x120 cell (its arbitrary), each containing a different word like 'the' in one, and 'or' in the next. How can I combine the entire thing into one long string if possible?

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MKN
MKN on 24 Feb 2015
Edited: per isakson on 24 Feb 2015
cellData = {'Matlab','is','a','high','level','programming','language'}; % Cell array
combinedString = [];
for i = 1:length(cellData)
combinedString = [combinedString cellData{i}]; % string
end
combinedString % display string
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per isakson
per isakson on 24 Feb 2015
Edited: per isakson on 24 Feb 2015
shorter
>> str = strjoin( cellData, ' ' )
str =
Matlab is a high level programming language
without space
>> str = strjoin( cellData, '' )
str =
Matlabisahighlevelprogramminglanguage
Jos (10584)
Jos (10584) on 24 Feb 2015
or, without spaces:
str = [cellData{:}]

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