Problem 43677. String Array Basics, Part 1: Convert Cell Array to String Array; No Missing Values

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<a href = "http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/characters-and-strings.html">String array</a> and cell array are two types of containers for storing pieces of data. In this problem, you will be given a cell array of character vectors. Your job is to convert the cell array to a string array, which stores the same pieces of text data.To begin with, let's assume that there are no missing type values in the input cell array.Example:<pre class="language-matlab">Input:
&gt;&gt; x = {'I','Love','MATLAB'}
x =
 1×3 cell array
 'I' 'Love' 'MATLAB'
</pre><pre class="language-matlab">Output:
&gt;&gt; y = strings(size(x));
&gt;&gt; [y{:}] = x{:}
y = 
 1×3 string array
 "I" "Love" "MATLAB"
</pre>Note that the example shown above is not the best way to solve this problem. Try other approaches in order to achieve a leading score.Related Problems in this series:<ul><li>String Array Basics, Part 1: Convert Cell Array to String Array; No Missing Values</li><li><a href = "http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/43672-string-array-basics-part-2-convert-string-array-to-cell-array-no-missing-values">String Array Basics, Part 2: Convert String Array to Cell Array; No Missing Values</a></li><li><a href = "http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/43674-string-array-basics-part-3-convert-cell-array-to-string-array-with-missing-values">String Array Basics, Part 3: Convert Cell Array with Missing Values to String Array</a></li><li><a href = "http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/43673-string-array-basics-part-4-convert-string-array-to-cell-array-with-missing-values">String Array Basics, Part 4: Convert String Array with Missing Values to Cell Array</a></li></ul>

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Svyatoslav Golousov on 22 Oct 2020

You test cases contain solution=)

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Qin-Yong on 16 Jan 2021

function y = cell2str(x)
y=string(x)
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