Concatenate the index i within the loop

I'm trying to create a list for my legend without hard coding it, but I'm having trouble figure out how to concatenate the number associated with 'i' in my loop.

I'm hoping I'll end up with a list of strings = ['Node 1','Node 2','Node 3'....]

num_labels = 10;

num_labels = 10

labels = zeros(1,num_labels);
for i = 1:num_labels
    labels(1,i) = strcat('Node',i);
end

Unable to perform assignment because the size of the left side is 1-by-1 and the size of the right side is 1-by-5.

[Dyuman Joshi]

A method using strings -

num = 10;
labels = "Node " + (1:num)

labels = 1×10 string array
    "Node 1"    "Node 2"    "Node 3"    "Node 4"    "Node 5"    "Node 6"    "Node 7"    "Node 8"    "Node 9"    "Node 10"

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Use the compose function —

num_labels = 10;
labels = compose('Node %d',1:num_labels)

labels = 1×10 cell array
    {'Node 1'}    {'Node 2'}    {'Node 3'}    {'Node 4'}    {'Node 5'}    {'Node 6'}    {'Node 7'}    {'Node 8'}    {'Node 9'}    {'Node 10'}

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[Amanda Camarata]

I didn't know about this method. Thank you!

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!