How can I concatenate two string vectors 5x1 and 1x18 to get a 5x18 text matrix

the vectors include Currencies =["ARS","BRL","CLP","COP","CZK","HUF","IDR","MXN","MYR","PEN","PHP","PLN","RON","RUB","ZAR","THB","TRY"] the 1x18 vector and Criteria = ["TR";"YC";"SPR";"SS"] the 5x18 vector, goal is to concatenate so that cell (1,1) of the 5x18 matrix equals "ARSTR", cell (2,2) = "BRLYC" etc.

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

 Currencies = {'ARS','BRL','CLP','COP','CZK'}; % et cetera
 Criteria = {'TR';'YC';'SPR';'SS'};

 result = cellfun(@(x,y) [x,y], repmat(Currencies,numel(Criteria),1), 
 repmat(Criteria,1,numel(Currencies)),'UniformOutput',false);

[Christopher Mahoney]

Thanks Jose, this is the response when I type in the above formula including the other currencies

result = cellfun(@(x,y) [x,y], repmat(Currencies,numel(Criteria),1), ↑ Error: Expression or statement is incorrect--possibly unbalanced (, {, or [.

[Christopher Mahoney]

I may have typed something in wrong: Currencies = {'ARS','BRL','CLP','COP','CZK','HUF','IDR','MXN','MYR','PEN','PHP','PLN','RON','RUB','ZAR','THB','TRY'}; Criteria = {'TR';'YC';'SPR';'SS'}; result = cellfun(@(x,y) [x,y], repmat(Currencies,numel(Criteria),1), repmat(Criteria,1,numel(Currencies)),'UniformOutput',false);

[Christopher Mahoney]

CurrDMTX=repmat(Currencies,numel(Criteria),1); CritDMTX=repmat(Criteria,1,numel(Currencies));

CURRCOVTXTcrit=strcat(CurrDMTX,CritDMTX);

This worked thanks to your advice, I must have altered your formula by accident

Answer 2

[Andrei Bobrov]

In R2016b:

>> Currencies = {'ARS','BRL','CLP','COP','CZK','HUF','IDR','MXN','MYR','PEN','PHP','PLN','RON','RUB','ZAR','THB','TRY'};
 Criteria = {'TR';'YC';'SPR';'SS'};
 out = string(Currencies) + string(Criteria)
out = 
  4×17 string array
  Columns 1 through 7
    "ARSTR"     "BRLTR"     "CLPTR"     "COPTR"     "CZKTR"     "HUFTR"     "IDRTR" 
    "ARSYC"     "BRLYC"     "CLPYC"     "COPYC"     "CZKYC"     "HUFYC"     "IDRYC" 
    "ARSSPR"    "BRLSPR"    "CLPSPR"    "COPSPR"    "CZKSPR"    "HUFSPR"    "IDRSPR"
    "ARSSS"     "BRLSS"     "CLPSS"     "COPSS"     "CZKSS"     "HUFSS"     "IDRSS" 
  Columns 8 through 14
    "MXNTR"     "MYRTR"     "PENTR"     "PHPTR"     "PLNTR"     "RONTR"     "RUBTR" 
    "MXNYC"     "MYRYC"     "PENYC"     "PHPYC"     "PLNYC"     "RONYC"     "RUBYC" 
    "MXNSPR"    "MYRSPR"    "PENSPR"    "PHPSPR"    "PLNSPR"    "RONSPR"    "RUBSPR"
    "MXNSS"     "MYRSS"     "PENSS"     "PHPSS"     "PLNSS"     "RONSS"     "RUBSS" 
  Columns 15 through 17
    "ZARTR"     "THBTR"     "TRYTR" 
    "ZARYC"     "THBYC"     "TRYYC" 
    "ZARSPR"    "THBSPR"    "TRYSPR"
    "ZARSS"     "THBSS"     "TRYSS" 
>>

In R2017a:

>> Currencies =["ARS","BRL","CLP","COP","CZK","HUF","IDR","MXN","MYR","PEN","PHP","PLN","RON","RUB","ZAR","THB","TRY"];
 Criteria = ["TR";"YC";"SPR";"SS"];
 out = Currencies + Criteria
out = 
  4×17 string array
  Columns 1 through 8
    "ARSTR"     "BRLTR"     "CLPTR"     "COPTR"     "CZKTR"     "HUFTR"     "IDRTR"     "MXNTR" 
    "ARSYC"     "BRLYC"     "CLPYC"     "COPYC"     "CZKYC"     "HUFYC"     "IDRYC"     "MXNYC" 
    "ARSSPR"    "BRLSPR"    "CLPSPR"    "COPSPR"    "CZKSPR"    "HUFSPR"    "IDRSPR"    "MXNSPR"
    "ARSSS"     "BRLSS"     "CLPSS"     "COPSS"     "CZKSS"     "HUFSS"     "IDRSS"     "MXNSS" 
  Columns 9 through 16
    "MYRTR"     "PENTR"     "PHPTR"     "PLNTR"     "RONTR"     "RUBTR"     "ZARTR"     "THBTR" 
    "MYRYC"     "PENYC"     "PHPYC"     "PLNYC"     "RONYC"     "RUBYC"     "ZARYC"     "THBYC" 
    "MYRSPR"    "PENSPR"    "PHPSPR"    "PLNSPR"    "RONSPR"    "RUBSPR"    "ZARSPR"    "THBSPR"
    "MYRSS"     "PENSS"     "PHPSS"     "PLNSS"     "RONSS"     "RUBSS"     "ZARSS"     "THBSS" 
  Column 17
    "TRYTR" 
    "TRYYC" 
    "TRYSPR"
    "TRYSS" 
>>

for older version of the MATLAB:

>>  Currencies = {'ARS','BRL','CLP','COP','CZK','HUF','IDR','MXN','MYR','PEN','PHP','PLN','RON','RUB','ZAR','THB','TRY'};
 Criteria = {'TR';'YC';'SPR';'SS'};
 [ii,jj] = ndgrid(1:numel(Criteria),1:numel(Currencies));
 out = cellfun(@(a,b)strcat(a,b),Currencies(jj),Criteria(ii),'un',0)
out =
  4×17 cell array
  Columns 1 through 11
    'ARSTR'     'BRLTR'     'CLPTR'     'COPTR'     'CZKTR'     'HUFTR'     'IDRTR'     'MXNTR'     'MYRTR'     'PENTR'     'PHPTR' 
    'ARSYC'     'BRLYC'     'CLPYC'     'COPYC'     'CZKYC'     'HUFYC'     'IDRYC'     'MXNYC'     'MYRYC'     'PENYC'     'PHPYC' 
    'ARSSPR'    'BRLSPR'    'CLPSPR'    'COPSPR'    'CZKSPR'    'HUFSPR'    'IDRSPR'    'MXNSPR'    'MYRSPR'    'PENSPR'    'PHPSPR'
    'ARSSS'     'BRLSS'     'CLPSS'     'COPSS'     'CZKSS'     'HUFSS'     'IDRSS'     'MXNSS'     'MYRSS'     'PENSS'     'PHPSS' 
  Columns 12 through 17
    'PLNTR'     'RONTR'     'RUBTR'     'ZARTR'     'THBTR'     'TRYTR' 
    'PLNYC'     'RONYC'     'RUBYC'     'ZARYC'     'THBYC'     'TRYYC' 
    'PLNSPR'    'RONSPR'    'RUBSPR'    'ZARSPR'    'THBSPR'    'TRYSPR'
    'PLNSS'     'RONSS'     'RUBSS'     'ZARSS'     'THBSS'     'TRYSS' 
>>