Repeat the value of a variable to match the length of another variable

Hi

I have two variables

X = TESTING

Y = WORLD

I want to repeat Y until its the same length as X EG

X = TESTING

Y = WORLDWO

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Joshua Taylor]

So, when you say X = TESTING, I assume you mean a variable X = 'testing'

One thing you could do is copy the variable and then truncate it to the desired size you want.

From your example:

X = 'testing';
Y = 'world';
y1 = repmat(Y,1,2);
y1 = y1(1:length(X))

Do you know anything about X or Y? Like how long they'll be, at least relative to each other?

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

>> X = 'TESTING';
>> Y = 'WORLD';
>> Z = Y(1+mod(0:numel(X)-1,numel(Y)))
Z = WORLDWO