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Strip trailing blanks from the end of a string
str = deblank(str)
c = deblank(c)
The deblank function is useful for cleaning up the rows of a character array.
str = deblank(str)
removes the trailing blanks from the end of a character string str.
c = deblank(c),
when c is a cell array of strings, applies deblank to each element of c.
A{1,1} = 'MATLAB ';
A{1,2} = 'SIMULINK ';
A{2,1} = 'Toolboxes ';
A{2,2} = 'The MathWorks ';
A =
'MATLAB ' 'SIMULINK '
'Toolboxes ' 'The MathWorks '
deblank(A)
ans =
'MATLAB' 'SIMULINK'
'Toolboxes' 'The MathWorks'