How to convert number to string vector

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Danny
Danny on 25 Oct 2014
Commented: Danny on 25 Oct 2014
I have three vectors representing years, months, and days:
a = [2014;2014];
b = [10;11];
c = [25; 24];
and at the very least I want to put them in a string vector such as:
Vector = ['2014_10_25' ; '2014_11_24']
I am unsure how to do this conversion. The best case would be an output of:
Vector = ['2014_Oct_25' ; '2014_Nov_24']
but my goal is to convert the year, month, and day numerical vectors into one string vector.

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 25 Oct 2014
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 25 Oct 2014
a = [2014;2014];
b = [10;11];
c = [25; 24];
x=[a b c zeros(numel(a),3) ]
out=datestr(x,'yyyy_mmm_dd')

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dpb
dpb on 25 Oct 2014
Trivial...
>> [a,b,c]
ans =
2014 10 25
2014 11 24
>> datestr(datenum(a,b,c)) % default format
ans =
25-Oct-2014
24-Nov-2014
>> datestr(datenum(a,b,c),'yyyy-mmm-dd') % your requested format
ans =
2014-Oct-25
2014-Nov-24
>>
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