Display the content of the cell array

I have a cell array a = {'Ford' , 'AUDI'}

I want to display content in the cell array

i tried using a = sprintf('The selected cars are: %s', a{:})

disp(a)

i am getting the output as ''The selected cars are: FordThe selected cars are: AUDI''

But i should get the output as ''The selected cars are: Ford, AUDI

Where did i went wrong?

Thank you

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

>> sprintf('The selected cars are:%s',sprintf(' %s,',a{:}))
ans = The selected cars are: Ford, AUDI,

Or if you do not want the trailing comma, then in two steps:

>> tmp = sprintf(' %s,',a{:});
>> sprintf('The selected cars are:%s',tmp(1:end-1))
ans = The selected cars are: Ford, AUDI

[Gopalakrishnan venkatesan]

Thanks a lot