1function str = writematrixofchar(m)
2
3% Writes a matrix of char in a string.
4%
5% INPUTS
6% - m   [char] matrix of char.
7%
8% OUTPUTS
9% - str [char]
10%
11% EXAMPLE
12% >> writematrixofchar(['a'; 'b'])
13%
14% ans =
15%
16% ['a'; 'b']
17%
18% where the returned argument is a string which can be evaluated or printed.
19
20% Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Dynare Team
21%
22% This file is part of Dynare.
23%
24% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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28%
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33%
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36
37if ~(ischar(m) && ismatrix(m))
38    error('Input has to be a matrix of char!')
39end
40
41str = '[';
42for i=1:size(m, 1)
43    str = sprintf('%s''%s''', str, m(i,:));
44    if i<size(m, 1)
45        str = sprintf('%s; ', str);
46    end
47end
48str = sprintf('%s]', str);