Converting a numeric array into a string cell array

Question

Given the matrix:- A = [0 1 2 3 4 5];

I want to convert it into a string cell array like this: A = {'0' '1' '2' '3' '4' '5'};

I am able to do this using:

A = [0 1 2 3 4 5];

for i=1:6
    A1{i}= num2str(A(i));
end
A1

I want to do this in a simpler way and without a loop.

Answer 1

Another one line method with num2str and strsplit:

A1 = strsplit(num2str(A))

Answer 2

you may use arrayfun in combination with an anonymous function:

B = arrayfun(@(x) {num2str(x)}, A);

cellfun is a little bit faster and works also fine:

B = cellfun(@num2str, num2cell(A), 'uni', 0);

fastest solution is an improved version of this solution (credits to obchardon)

B = regexp(num2str(A), '\s+', 'split');