Insert a string into code

I want to insert a string in to code:
...
name='time';
filename = 'name_v1.txt';
...
Can the 'time' be inserted in " name_v1.txt"?

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ly - if the idea is to replace the 'name' substring within 'name_v1.txt' with 'time', then you could use strrep to accomplish this. For example,
filename = 'name_v1.txt';
filename = strrep(filename,'name','time');
would set filename to
filename =
time_v1.txt
Or, you could use sprintf to do something similar
name = 'time';
filename = sprintf('%s_v1.txt',name);
which would (agains) set filename to 'time_v1.txt'.

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This is what I need:
Or, you could use sprintf to do something similar
name = 'time';
filename = sprintf('%s_v1.txt',name);
which would (agains) set filename to 'time_v1.txt'.

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