Creating a new string matrix

Can ['abc';'ef';'xyz'] be used to create a new string matrix

[Matt J]

The matrix ['abc';'ef';'xyz'] cannot exist in Matlab to begin with.

>> ['abc';'ef';'xyz']
Dimensions of arrays being concatenated are not consistent.

Answer 1

[Adam]

s = string( {'abc';'ef';'xyz'} )

or

s = [ "abc";"ef";"xyz" ]

work, but your start point there is not valid syntax since you cannot have a char array like that in the first place.

Answer 2

[Bruno Luong]

I will pad appropriate number of ascii-0 characters to the tail of the shorter strings to make them a matrix.

>> char({'abc';'ef';'xyz'})

ans =

    3×3 char array

      'abc'
      'ef '
      'xyz'

>>