strmatch - Find possible matches for string
Syntax
x = strmatch(str, strarray)
x = strmatch(str, strarray, 'exact')
Description
x = strmatch(str, strarray) looks
through the rows of the character array or cell array of strings strarray to
find strings that begin with the text contained in str,
and returns the matching row indices. Any trailing space characters in str or strarray are
ignored when
matching. strmatch is fastest when strarray is
a character array.
x = strmatch(str, strarray, 'exact') compares str with
each row of strarray, looking for an exact match of the
entire strings. Any trailing space characters in str or strarray are
ignored when matching.
Examples
The statement
x = strmatch('max', strvcat('max', 'minimax', 'maximum'))returns x = [1; 3] since rows 1 and 3 begin with 'max'.
The statement
x = strmatch('max', strvcat('max', 'minimax', 'maximum'),'exact')returns x = 1, since only row 1 matches 'max' exactly.
See Also
strcmp, strcmpi, strncmp, strncmpi, strfind, findstr, strvcat, regexp, regexpi, regexprep
 | strjust | | strncmp, strncmpi |  |
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