B = convertStringsToChars (A) converts A to a character vector, if A is a string scalar, or to a cell array of character vectors, if A is a string array. Otherwise, A is returned unaltered.

[B1, …, Bn] = convertStringsToChars (A1, …, An) converts any of the input arguments that are of string type to character vectors or to cell array of character vectors, or leaves them unaltered.

See also: convertCharsToStrings, string

Source Code: convertStringsToChars