count string in a cell array

How can I count how many times a pattern of a string /char is presented in a cell array ????

string = 945

cell = {1234, 9456, 9457 }

I want the result to be = 2

[the cyclist]

Are the contents of the cell array numeric (e.g. class "double"), string, or character array?

Similarly, is the variable you named "string" a numeric, a string, or a character array. (Calling a variable "string" or "cell" is a bad idea, because those are MATLAB keywords.)

If one of your cell elements was 9457945, would that count once, or twice, in the total?

Answer 1

[Ridwan Alam]

cell = {1234, 9456, 9457 }
strong = 945

count = sum(contains(string(cell),string(strong)))

[the cyclist]

This solution is a good illustration of why "string" is a bad variable name.

[Ridwan Alam]

Haha, for sure!

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Answer 2

[Stephen23]

>> S = '945';
>> C = {'1234', '9456', '9457'};
>> nnz(~cellfun(@isempty,strfind(C,S)))
ans =  2