matches

Determine if pattern matches with strings.

Syntax

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

Input argument

• str - a string, string array or cell of strings.
• pattern - a string, string array or cell of strings.

Output argument

• res - a logical: true if the two matches and false otherwise.

Description

matches determines if pattern matches with strings.

Example

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

See also

strcmp.

History

Author

Allan CORNET