How to insert symbols in a vector in Matlab

I have a vector of 12 entities in Matlab. a=[3 4 6 8 1 5 8 9 3 7 3 6 ] I want to insert symbols at regular intervals along with the values. The final value of a looks like this. a=[#3 4@ 6& 8< #1 5@ 8& 9< #3 7@ 3& 6<] As can be seen that the symbols are being repeated after 3 entities. How can this be achieved in Matlab ?

[Adam]

You can do that as a string, but not in a numeric vector because obviously those elements are not numeric. If you have a vector of chars then it is trivial depending at what point you have the various information to create the end result.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

a=[3 4 6 8 1 5 8 9 3 7 3 6 ]
str=strsplit(sprintf('#%d %d@ %d$ %d< ',a)  )
str(end)=[]

[Habib Khan]

@Azizi & @Star Strider. Thanks for the reply. Solutions suggested by both of you are OK. But can I get the solution without the '' (commas). How can I do it.

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

out=strjoin(str)