string function not found

i have a cell array defined as

class = {'good','bad','good','bad','good','bad','good','bad'};

and i am trying to create a string array from this cell array and hence i use the function class = string(class) but i am getting this error

Undefined function 'string' for input arguments of type 'cell'.

and I am assuming this could just be because of the version of my MATLAB provided by the university does not have this function installed but is there anyway to solve this problem?

[Adam]

Which version of Matlab are you using? If you use its installed help then you will know if string exists as it will have a help page. Unless you have a very recent version it won't though.

What does

which string

show?

Given that you are overwriting the function 'class' with a variable name (never a good idea) you may well also have a variable called 'string' somewhere.

Answer 1

[Maurice Moh]

the string function is not available for versions of MATLAB before 2016b.