How to have simple text in a matrix

Hey, so I have a function that I want to automatically load multiple files that are loaded to a certain folder. I'm using a fileID function in a loop to load all of the files with a specific type of file name.

I can't really go into the complicated specifics, but basically is there any way for me to make a matrix out of text?

I tried just doing A = ['text1'; 'text2';...etc]; but that just separates all the letters. I want to be able to say A(1) and for it to spit out "'text1'", not just "text1"...

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

A = {'text1','text2','Hello World','Happy Birthday'}
A{1}

You need cell arrays

doc cell

for more info

Answer 2

[Chirag Gupta]

Use cells

A ={'text1','text2'};
A(1)

ans =

    'text1'