string lookup

lookup(c, str) compares the string in str against each element of the cell array c

Description

OVERVIEW

lookup(c, str) compares the string in str against each element of the cell array c in turn. If str is found in any element of c, the index of the first such element is returned. Otherwise, the value zero is returned.

INPUTS

c: A one-dimensional cell-array. Each element of this cell array is either a character string, or another one-dimensional cell-array containing character strings. Note: Deeper nesting of cell arrays is not supported.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.7 (R2008b)