regexptranslate
Translate text into regular expression.
📝Syntax
newStr = regexptranslate(op, str)
newStr = regexptranslate('flexible', str, expression)
📥Input Arguments
Parameter Description
op 'escape', 'wildcard', or 'flexible'.
str a character vector, string array, or cell array of character vectors.
📤Output Arguments
Parameter Description
newStr translated regular expression text.
📄Description

regexptranslate escapes regular expression metacharacters or translates wildcard characters into regular expression syntax.

💡Examples
regexptranslate('escape', 'a+b*c?.m')
regexptranslate('wildcard', '*.m')
🔗See Also
regexpregexprep
🕔Version History
Version Description
1.17.0 initial version
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