can someone give me an example of what a "vector composed of characters" looks like exactly?

title. just need an thorough example

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

A = 'orange'

A = 'orange'

A is a vector of type char. It has 1 row and 6 columns.

If you're working with multiple pieces of text data and you're using a release where this data type is present, prefer using a string array instead of a cell array with char vectors or a char matrix.

B = ["orange"; "apple"; "watermelon"]

B = 3×1 string array
    "orange"
    "apple"
    "watermelon"

If you tried to store these three fruits in a char matrix, the first two names would be padded with spaces so they're as long as the longest name. String arrays don't require this padding.

C = char(B)

C = 3×10 char array
    'orange    '
    'apple     '
    'watermelon'