is it possible to create array of strings or char from struct of cell arrays

Apologies if I get some of the terminology wrong. I have a struct which is an array, with some cell values. So:

A(1).name='one', A(1).val=1, A(2).name='two', A(2).val=2.

What I'd like to do is create an array of strings from just the names. So, I'd like B=['one','two'].

if I do B=A(:).name I get B='onetwo'.

All help appreciated!

[Stephen23]

These resources show one common approach:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/comma-separated-lists.html

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/320713-how-to-operate-on-comma-separated-lists

"if I do B=A(:).name I get B='onetwo'."

A(1).name='one'; A(1).val=1; A(2).name='two'; A(2).val=2;
B=A(:).name

B = 'one'

I do not see how you could get 'onetwo' using that code.

Answer 1

[per isakson]

There are character arrays (See Text and Characters)

A(1).name='one'; A(1).val=1; A(2).name='two'; A(2).val=2;
{A.name}

ans = 1×2 cell array
    {'one'}    {'two'}

[A.name]

ans = 'onetwo'

and there are string arrays

A(1).name="one"; A(1).val=1; A(2).name="two"; A(2).val=2;
[A.name]

ans = 1×2 string array
    "one"    "two"