.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: strcat

.. _strcat:

strcat
======

.. us.tag  strcat ENGLISH STR Changed5800

:ref:`strcat` concatenates the strings of a vector to one string. The elements are 
separated by a separator string. 

.. function::  ssString = strcat(smString, ssSeparator)
               ssString = strcat(smString)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssString* is a scalar string if *smString* is a vector and a vector 
if *smString* is a matrix. The matrix colums will be concatenated.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: smString

   *smString* is a string matrix.

.. uparam:: ssSeparator

   *ssSeparator* is a scalar string. Default value is one blank ``" "``.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * strcat(["Cell1", "Cell2"], "; ")
   Cell1; Cell2

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - R2016.0
     - Call with one parameter.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`sum`,
   :ref:`strsplit`,
   :ref:`strextract`

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