strmatch (MATLAB Function Reference)

Find possible matches for a string

Syntax

i = strmatch('str',STRS)
i = strmatch('str',STRS,'exact')

Description

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.

Examples

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.