Concatenating horizontally two cell arrays

Hi,

A{1,1}=00016510;
B{1,1}=0;
C=horzcat(A{1,1},B{1,1});% is giving C=00016510  (1x9 char although 8 digits appear)
C=horzcat(A,B);%gives C= '00016510'    [0]  (1×2 cell array)

I am wondering how to concatenate the two cells horizontally to get 000165100

Answer 1

[KL]

If you want to retain the zeros in the beginning why not store them as char?

A{1,1}='00016510';
B{1,1}='0';
C=horzcat(A{1,1},B{1,1})

WHy are you using cell array anyway?! I suppose in your actual problem, using cell array makes sense.