Can one substitute string values in a matrix?

I create

dum=zeros(height(T),1)

I want Matlab to fill all the values of dum with a string 'January'. How is it possible?

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

 dum = strings(height(T), 1); % you could also use repmat or repelem to do it in one line
 dum(:) = "January";

[alpedhuez]

whoa