Naming VariableNames in a table based on a cell array

I have an array data2 which is 1x576 and I have a cell array called data2_txt which is also 1x576. I have giving a small example below (the arrays im using are much larger)

data2=[1,5,3,5,6;1,2,4,12,6];
data2_txt={'Var1','Var2','Var3','Var4','Var5'}

Why do I get the error

Error using setVarNames (line 37)
The VariableNames property must contain one name for each variable in the table.

Error in table (line 305)
            t = setVarNames(t,vnames); % error if invalid, duplicate, or empty"

When I use the following syntax

Table1=table(data2,'VariableNames',data2_txt);

I am able to get this to work if I use a loop. But given previous criticism of using loops vs vectorization in MatLab I am trying to avoid doing so to keep the code quick. Below is the code I can get working using a loop which is not very efficient

    table3=table();
       for i=1:length(data2)
           table2a=table(data2(:,i),'VariableNames',data2_txt(i))
           table3=horzcat(table3,table2a)
       end

Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

data2=[1,5,3,5,6;1,2,4,12,6]
data2_txt={'Var1','Var2','Var3','Var4','Var5'}
Table1=cell2table(num2cell(data2),'VariableNames',data2_txt)

%Or

data2=[1,5,3,5,6;1,2,4,12,6]
data2_txt={'Var1','Var2','Var3','Var4','Var5'}
v=mat2cell(data2,size(data2,1),ones(1,size(data2,2)))
Table1=table(v{:},'VariableNames',data2_txt)

[Patrick]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!

[Patrick]

Is there any reason the result would be different when using a larger matrix? I used the code on my larger array and cell (data3 and data3_txt in the image).

When I double click on the table it brings me into its properties. This doesn't happen with the data2 example. I used the Thoughts?

[Guillaume]

For large tables, matlab variable editor does not display the content anymore, just the properties of the table.

The content of the table is still the same.

As far as I know you cannot change that behaviour.

[Patrick]

Thank you for the feedback Guillaume. Good thing to know for the future

[Peter Perkins]

There's no need to use cell arrays for this. Instead of converting to a cell array, use array2table, not the table constructor:

Table1=array2table(data2,'VariableNames',data2_txt);