concatenate a cell array(string) and a double array numeric

i have 2 arrays:

x = {'tom' 'sara' 'bob'} y = [ 1 2 3 ; 3 4 5 ; 1 4 2]

how can i concatenate x and y vertically with a single array with x as header?

[Jan]

This topic has been discussed already: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/33087-how-to-combine-an-cell-array-and-a-double-array

Please do not double-post.

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

out = [x;num2cell(y)];

[yasmine]

is there a way where we can remove the inverted comma in the answer.

[Jan]

The quote characters are not part of the array, but inserted when printing to the command window only. They show, that the included characters are a string, e.g. to distinguish '9' from 9.