Use a simple array for table row names?

How do I use a simple array (ex. a = [1:1:5]) for the names of row variables in a table?

I find all the different data types in MATLAB to be extremely confusing and poorly documented, and as a result have spend an hour trying to answer this simple question. I know that it involves some conversion of the array to both a cell array AND and character vector, but can't figure it out. Thanks.

Answer 1

[Matt J]

For example,

    rownames=arrayfun(@num2str,1:5,'uni',0);

    T=array2table(eye(5));  %fake table

>> T.Properties.RowNames=rownames

T =

    5×5 table

           Var1    Var2    Var3    Var4    Var5
           ____    ____    ____    ____    ____

      1    1       0       0       0       0   
      2    0       1       0       0       0   
      3    0       0       1       0       0   
      4    0       0       0       1       0   
      5    0       0       0       0       1

[qmnjb007]

Perfect! arrayfun was what i was missing... thanks Matt.