Create an array of strings

I try to create an array of strings

fruit = ['apple', 'cherry']

What modifications are needed so that fruit(2) is 'cherry' not 'p'?

UPDATE

Following the two first answers to this question I created a case:

style = {'.blue', '.red'};

f1 = figure;
for theta = (0:0.1:1)*pi
   for ind = 1:2
       figure(f1);
       plot(theta, cos(theta + pi*ind), style(ind)); hold on;
   end
end

The code does not accept style(ind) as an argument. The error message is

Error using plot
Invalid first data argument

[per isakson]

"does not accept style(ind) as an argument" That's because it is a cell array of strings, not a character string. I guess the error message said so.

Replace

style(ind)

by

style{ind}

with curly braces.

[Viesturs Veckalns]

That worked

Answer 1

[per isakson]

>> fruit = {'apple', 'cherry'}
fruit = 
    'apple'    'cherry'

with curly braces creates a cell array of strings. I use R2016a. The display format for cell arrays has been changed. And to reference one of the strings

>> fruit{2}
ans =
cherry

See Create Cell Array. Note the links at the bottom of the page.

Answer 2

[Birdman]

fruit = ['apple,cherry'];
fruit=strsplit(fruit,',');
disp(fruit(2))