A variable and a string in a table cell?

I am designing an app, it has a table and i want to show a string and a variable in one cell.

ipat = {'The Indicated Power at' app.IPat , sprintf('%.2f',app.IPat) , ' kW'};

app.UITable.Data = [app.T ; ipat]

What i want is, The Indicated Power at value shown in a cell.

Answer 1

[Harry Laing]

You cannot have two different data types in one cell. I can see you're attempting to convert a number (I presume of type double) to a string, add some text and then want the overall string to be presented in a single cell in the table. I suggest trying num2str():

ipat = ['The Indicated Power at ', num2str(app.IPat), ' kW'];

I have no idea what app.T is, so I cannot advise on what app.UITable.Data = [app.T ; ipat] will acheive. Though if you only want the phrase (for example) "The Indicated Power at 100 kW" to be shown, then try:

app.UITable.Data =  ipat;

[Stephen23]

ssd dds erty's "Answer" moved here:

Thank you very much Harry.

I first combine the number and text like you said and then put it to table cell.

It works.

ipatTxt= strcat('Indicated Power at' , num2str(app.EngSpd) ,'rpm');
ipat = {ipatTxt, sprintf('%.2f',app.IPat) , ' kW'};

[Stephen23]

ipatTxt = sprintf('The Indicated Power at %d rpm',app.EngSpd);

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