Create an array of strings

Question

Is it possibe to create an array of strings in MATLAB within a for loop?

For example,

for i=1:10
Names(i)=\'Sample Text\';
end

I do

Answer 1

You can create a character array that does this via a loop:

>> for i=1:10
Names(i,:)='Sample Text';
end
>> Names

Names =

Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text

However, this would be better implemented using REPMAT:

>> Names = repmat('Sample Text', 10, 1)

Names =

Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text
Sample Text