Combining char and num variables

I am looking to see if the following is possible; I seem to remember being able to do it, but the method escapes me right now.

a='No.'; (Character/String Value) b=[1:10]'; (Numeric Value) c=[a b];

For c, I am hoping to get the following in one vertical column vertically. Any ideas?

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Answer 1

[Mohammad Abouali]

You need to use cell arrays

a='No.'; %(Character/String Value) 
b=[1:10]'; %(Numeric Value) 
c={a b};

Note the curly braces in defining C.

Answer 2

[Guillaume]

As Mohammad says, you can use cell arrays, although to get your values as one vertical column, it would be:

a = 'No.';
b = [1:10]';
c = [{a}; num2cell(b)]

But probably better is to use a table as your 'No.' looks like a header. You'll have to lose the dot though as it's not a valid character for a table header:

a = 'No';
b = [1:10]';
t = table(b, 'VariableNames', {a})

The advantage of a table over a cell array is that you're still manipulating the data as matrices.