How to export struct.string into string array

Can you just do tbl = struct2table( A, 'AsArray', true); and then if you particularly need one data type or the other you can use

• tbl.Name = cellstr( tbl.Name ); for a cell array of chars (a cellstr)
• tbl.Name = string( tbl.Name ); for a string array

to ensure you have a known data type in the table.

Table columns are then a little easier to work with than struct arrays without assigning to individual variables Names and Values.

A not very well known feature of char is that it can do that, right-padding each row of chars with spaces as necessary. Its inputs can be a cell array or a comma-separated list. So, given

A(1).Name = 'abc';
A(2).Name = 'defg';

you can use either

>> char({A.Name})
ans =
  2×4 char array
    'abc '
    'defg'

or more simply

>> char(A.Name)
ans =
  2×4 char array
    'abc '
    'defg'

If you want to avoid padding, you can generate a cell array of char vectors:

>> {A.Name}.'
ans =
  2×1 cell array
    {'abc' }
    {'defg'}