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Lets say I have a variable A=5 and i want to output it, but with some text added in front and after it. Something like this: "There are 5 horses." (mind that 5 should be changable variable A)

If I write: disp("There are "),disp(A),disp(" horses.") I get: 

There are 
5
 horses.

BUT I want everything in one line.

How do I do that?

ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ʙᴀᴋᴇʀ
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You can use: 

A = 5
printf("There are %d horses\n", A)

output: 

There are 5 horses

or even

disp(["There are ", num2str(A), " horses"])

or even

disp(strcat("There are ", num2str(A), " horses"))

but you will have to add something because octave/matlab don't let the white space at the end of a string, so the output is: 

ans = There are5 horses
ThiS
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    None of your examples is to actually display, they all generate a string which are only printed as side effect of not being assigned anywhere. That's why you get the `ans =` also printed. The only correct answer is to use `printf` (I edited your answer), or to use display around your other examples) (you should edit your answer for those). – carandraug Mar 07 '13 at 10:03
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    @ThiS How to display a string and matrix using the same disp() call for e.g. disp("Matrix is - ", M); where M is a matrix. – Ashutosh Chamoli Dec 31 '18 at 02:43
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As per official documentation,

Note that the output from disp always ends with a newline.

so to avoid the newline, you should use an alternative to output data for each string, or first concatenate a single string and then disp it.

ThiS listed options.

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