How can I create a cell array whose elements reflect a length based on a given input vector?

For example, I want to repeat the character 'b' a specified number of times based on a vector; let's say the vector is [3 2 4]. My desired output would be a 1x3 cell array with elements:
{'bbb'} {'bb'} {'bbbb'}
Ideally, I'd like to implement this without a loop. I'm sure there's some nifty Matlab function that accomplishes this, but I haven't been able to find it. repmat and repelem don't appear to be relevant for this particular application (unless I'm using them incorrectly).
Thank you.

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Members, how can avoid this for loop?
in=[3 2 4];
result={};
for i=1:length(in)
result{i}=repmat('b',1,in(i));
end

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In one line:
>> V = [3,2,4];
>> S = 'b';
>> C = mat2cell(repmat(S,1,sum(V)),1,V);
>> C{:}
ans = bbb
ans = bb
ans = bbbb

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Nimble utilization of mat2cell functionality. This works perfectly; I wish I had thought of it. Thanks for your answer, Stephen.

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