Convert a matrix char to uitable

Currently i have a 10x90 matrix, which consist basically of char/text in the following way

    a = strcat('text', num2str(matrix(:,1)), 'text');

Anyone know a easier way for me to export it into a uitable of 10x1?

I cant export it directly since it isnt a numerical, logical or cell array. Making it a cell array by adding {} also doesnt work, since it became a 1x1. Also, i tryed to make a loop to convert the variable a into another one line by line, but the matlab gave me the following error: Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals.

Sorry for the question, i'm new into matlab and programming.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

cellstr() the char array to make it into a cell array of character vectors. (Note: this will delete trailing blanks on each row.)