convert Char to string type

I am reading data from serial port in the char format. the data format is

data = 1 2.2345

(1*9 char size {including space after 1, and new line character 5})

how to convert char into string?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

string(data)

[garima sharma]

data_1 = string(data);

this keyword is showing error. "Undefined function 'string' for input arguments of type 'char'."

[Walter Roberson]

Ah I just noticed that you are using r2016a. string() objects were added in r2016b, so you cannot convert to string() objects in your release.

In your release you would use char vectors or cell array of character vectors; see also cellstr()