Example

> a = 3.4321
 a =
     3.43
> b = num2str(a)
3.432
> show(b)
   name:      b       
   class:     string  
    type:     string  
     nr:      1       
     nc:      1       
> num2str(298649678)
2.986e+08
> show(num2str(298649678))
   name:      NULL    
   class:     string  
    type:     string  
     nr:      1       
     nc:      1
See also: Page [*] int2str(), Page [*] sprintf().