NUM2LAB

Converts a numeric vector into a cell vector of strings.

Description

This function converts a numeric vector into a cell vector of strings. Each element of the cell contains the string conversion of the corresponding entry in the numeric vector, prefixed and postfixed by strings provided by the user. The format for numeric to string conversion can also be specified.
Useful for creating legend labels or tick labels.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)

[Jos x@y.z]

Better to use the oneliner:
    
% data
V = [1 2 3 4.5 6 pi] ;
prestr = 'Text before '
poststr = ' .. and after '
formstr = '%.2f' ;
    
% engine
C = cellstr(num2str(V(:),[prestr formstr poststr]))
    

[Marco Cococcioni]

Thank you Jos! I have updated the submission using your suggestion!