function outputinchar = converttochar(inputinsym)

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char1 = char(inputinsym);
verstring = char(version);
if verstring(1) =='7' || verstring(1) == '8'
    char2 = strrep(char1,'matrix([','');
else
    char2 = strrep(char1,'array([','');
end;
outputinchar = strrep(char2,'])','');
if outputinchar(1)~='['
    outputinchar = ['[',outputinchar,']'];
end;