Matlab: How to convert cell array to string array?

Question

I have a cell array sized 14676x117 call myCellArray. I want to extract values stored in myCellArray{2:14676,1} in an string array. runnning below script only returns a single string value and do not return an string array.

>> y= myCellArray{2:14676,1}
   y = 
      "test1"

How can I convert this cell array range to and string array?

Answer 1

Try:

y = string(myCellArray{2:14675, 1})

If you have MATLAB 2016b or newer, this should work.

Source: Create String Arrays