How do I put variable values into a text string in MATLAB?

Question

I\'m trying to write a simple function that takes two inputs, x and y, and passes these to three other simple functions that add, multiply, and divide

Answer 1

Here's how you convert numbers to strings, and join strings to other things (it's weird):

>> ['the number is ' num2str(15) '.']
ans =
the number is 15.