How can I use the tab format specifier and make the elements left justified with DISP function?

When I try using the DISP command to produce an output, I am unable to separate the elements by "tab" character and left justify the output. This happens when I run

for i=1:32

    disp([num2str(YawAng(i),'%9.2f'),'  ',num2str(minMX(i),'%9.1f'),'  ',...

      num2str(lowerMX(i),'%9.1f'),'  ',num2str(meanMX(i),'%9.1f'),'  ',...

        num2str(upperMX(i),'%9.1f'),'  ',num2str(maxMX(i),'%9.1f'),'  ',...

        num2str(stdMX(i),'%9.3f'),'\t'])

end

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The SPRINTF command gives a better control over the display format as compared to the DISP command. This example uses the SPRINTF function to print on screen the elements of a matrix 'a' with the elements spaced by "tab" character. The screen output is left justified by setting the '-' flag with the SPRINTF command.

a=[1111.111 22.2222 33.33; 444.4    555.55  66.0];

for i=1:2

      y(i,:)=sprintf('%-7.3e \t %-6.4e \t %-5.1e',a(i,1),a(i,2),a(i,3));

end;