How do you create a string from two strings by intersecting them char by char to form a new word using a loop?

str1 = 'Hello'

str2 = 'Canada'

strNew = 'CHaenlaldoa' %This is how the new word should look like.

Thank you in advance!

[Walter Roberson]

This is obviously homework. What have you tried?

[Alfred Ofosu]

str1 = 'Hello'
str2 = 'Canada'
m = 1;
  for i = [1:numel(str2)]
      disp([str2(i) str1(m)])
      m = m +1;
  end

[Kevin Chng]

for i = [1:numel(str2)]

try to look at the link below:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/for.html

Do you notice any problem with your for-loop?

[Alfred Ofosu]

It's the iteration. it ends at 5, ever the dimension of str1 is 1x4, which is shorter than str2.

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Loop not required, just use indexing:

Method one:

>> str1 = 'Hello';
>> str2 = 'Canada';
>> strN = [str1,str2];
>> strN([2:2:end,1:2:end]) = strN
strN = CHaenlaldoa

Method two:

>> strN = str2([1,1],:);
>> strN(1,2:end) = str1;
>> strN = strN(2:end)
strN = CHaenlaldoa

[Alfred Ofosu]

Thanks, Stephen. I may be able to build a loop from yours. Awesome. Its an assignment from school, hence need to be in a loop.