Converting a cell to string

Specific problem is that

>> isequal(cellstr(dd), dd)

ans =

     1

More generally I am trying to convert data such as 'P__ID" and '50 kPa(g)' to strings so that I can work with the data. My questions is what is the best way to right a cell array into a string array where the cells are data imported from excel. I am using the importdata command.

Answer 1

[Andrew Newell]

Use char.