How do I use sprintf to create a matrix of string and number arrays?

Here is an example of the data I want to output using sprintf

a = {'abea','b','c'}

b=[1 2 3]

How do I get it so the output is out =

abea 1

b 2

c 3

the variables a and b may be any length.

Answer 1

[Michael Haderlein]

In such cases, I use

>> v=[a;num2cell(b)]

v = 

      'abea'    'b'    'c'
      [   1]    [2]    [3]

>> sprintf('%s %d ',v{:})

ans =

abea 1 b 2 c 3

[Neha]

sorry, I mean for the question to be getting an output of

abea 1

b 2

c 3

And between each column there should be a tab.

Answer 2

[Ben11]

Following on Michael's answer, what if you try this:

clear
clc

a = {'abea','b','c'};
b = [1 2 3];

b_cell = num2cell(b);

OutCell = cell(size(a,2),1);

for k = 1:size(a,2)

    OutCell{k} = sprintf('%s %s',a{k},num2str(b_cell{k}));          
  end

disp(OutCell)

which gives this:

'abea 1'
'b 2'
'c 3'

[Michael Haderlein]

You don't need to use a loop:

sprintf('%s\t%d\n',v{:})

[Ben11]

oh yes you're right thanks!