Find

Dear Matlabians

I have one string '14022010_003' and = another

13022010_001

14022010_003

15022010_005

i want to find 14022010_003 in the other string. I try to use find findstr or strfind and it says to me that I need to have same matrix dimensions.

The result i am searching is for the script to give me the number 2 (that this string is in position 2) .Any ideas

Thank you

Answer 1

[karan]

a = {'13022010_001';'14022010_003';'15022010_005'};

find(strcmp(a,'14022010_003'))

should give you the index where the string is matched...

Answer 2

[Nirmal Gunaseelan]

Try making the input strings as part of a cell array. Then use STRFIND or STRCMP which will return a logical array of comparisons.

a = {'13022010_001';'14022010_003';'15022010_005'};
strcmp(a,'14022010_003')

ans =

       0
       1
       0

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

[tf, idx] = ismember('14022010_003', cellstr(['13022010_001'; '14022010_003'; '15022010_005']) );

Answer 4

[Daniel Shub]

x = '14022010_003'
y = {'13022010_001'
'14022010_003'
'15022010_005'}
find(strcmp(y,x))

Notice the {} and not [] on y.

Answer 5

[Alexandros]

I have put strmatch and it works perfectly

[Jan]

STRMATCH is very inefficient and will be removed in the near future. STRCMP and STRCNCMP are much faster.