how to change multiple elements in a character array at once

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Letters = 'vegetables' Hi, I was trying to change the 5th element of the character arrays to the letter X and the last element to the letter Z in one short command. So the final answer will be : Letters = 'vegeXableZ' How can I do it?

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 4 Sep 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 4 Sep 2018
Just use indexing:
Letters([5,end]) = 'XZ'

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GK
GK on 4 Sep 2018
You can simply use,
Letters(5)='X';
Letters(end)='Z';

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