how to compare a string variable with a string?

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Hi How to compare string variable with a string?

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Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov on 18 Jun 2014
Read about strcmp
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pricky
pricky on 18 Jun 2014
i have used strcmp but i'm getting a 0 for same string. dirName(k1+2, :) is a variable which dynamically gets the string,now i have to compare the string obtained from dirName(k1+2, :) with the one i have mentioned. ex: if i get dirName(k1+2, :) = abc.mat (dynamically)
strcmp(dirName(k1+2, :),'abc.mat')
but output is being displayed as 0.

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SRI
SRI on 18 Jun 2014
for example
inputData = 'Example';
outputData = strcmp(inputData,'Example');
If outputData = 1 means both the data are equal if 0 means it is not equal
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pricky
pricky on 18 Jun 2014
i have used strcmp but i'm getting a 0 for same string. dirName(k1+2, :) is a variable which dynamically gets the string,now i have to compare the string obtained from dirName(k1+2, :) with the one i have mentioned. ex: if i get dirName(k1+2, :) = abc.mat (dynamically)
strcmp(dirName(k1+2, :),'abc.mat')
but output is being displayed as 0.

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