How can I combine text and numbers to a new variable?

I need to combine a written part with a number I define before, to implement many new variables. For example

number=42  
(['hallo',number])=anyvalue

What I want to get is

hallo42=anyvalue %or
hallo42=17

(1x1double) it is called I think. Thank you.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

You should use a cell array.

number=42
hallo{number} = 17;

You might think it is better to have a series of variables with names like

hallo42
hallo43
etc ...

But you will find many, many threads on this forum explaining why that is a bad programming practice.