cstr = dispstrings (str) returns a cellstr array of character vectors, cstr, which has the same size as the input string object, str. These character vectors will either be the string contents of each corresponding element or <missing> for missing values.

Composed string elements, i.e. double quoted strings, are translated so that any special characters are represented by their corresponding escaped character sequence, unless the input string, str, is a scalar, in which case text retains its original composition but newlines are prepadded with four white space characters for aligned display.

Source Code: string