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Find possible matches for a string
i = strmatch('str',STRS)
i = strmatch('str',STRS,'exact')
i = strmatch('str',STRS)
looks through the rows of the character array or cell array of strings STRS to find strings that begin with string str, returning the matching row indices. strmatch is fastest when STRS is a character array.
i = strmatch('str',STRS,'exact')
returns only the indices of the strings in STRS matching str exactly.
The statement
i = strmatch('max',strvcat('max','minimax','maximum'))
returns i = [1; 3] since rows 1 and 3 begin with 'max'. The statement
i = strmatch('max',strvcat('max','minimax','maximum'),'exact')
returns i = 1, since only row 1 matches 'max' exactly.
findstr Find one string within another
strcmp Compare strings
strncmp Compare the first n characters of two strings
strvcat Vertical concatenation of strings