8.2.52.3 string.string

Constructor: obj = string ()
Constructor: obj = string (in)

Construct a new string array.

The zero-argument constructor creates a new scalar string array whose value is the empty string.

The other constructors construct a new string array by converting various types of inputs.

  • chars and cellstrs are converted via cellstr()
  • numerics are converted via num2str()
  • datetimes are converted via datestr()