foreach loop with strings in Matlab

Question

I want to create a loop that will iterate over several strings, but unable to do so in Matlab.

What works is:

for i=1:3
  if (i==1)
    b=\'cow\';
  else         


        

Answer 1

Sure! Use cell arrays for keeping strings (in normal arrays, strings are considered by character, which could work if all strings have the same length, but will bork otherwise).

opts={'cow','dog','cat'}
for i=1:length(opts)
    disp(opts{i})
end