matches

Determine if pattern matches with strings.

📝Syntax

res = matches(str, pattern)
res = matches(str, pattern, 'IgnoreCase', true)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
str	a string, string array, cell of strings or categorical array.
pattern	a string, string array or cell of strings.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
res	a logical: true if the two matches and false otherwise.

📄Description

matches determines if pattern matches with strings.

If str is a categorical array, matches tests the category name of each element and returns a logical array of the same size. Undefined elements return false. pattern cannot be categorical.

💡Examples

matches("Nelson", 'nelSon')
matches("Nelson", 'Nelson')
str = ["yellow", "green", "blue", "brown"];
R = matches(str, ["yellow", "Brown"], 'IgnoreCase', true);

Pattern matching on the category names of a categorical array.

C = categorical({'winter storm', 'fire', 'Thunder Storm', ''});
tf = matches(C, "FIRE", 'IgnoreCase', true)

🔗See Also

strcmp categorical

🕔Version History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version
2.0.0	categorical array accepted as str input.

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