MATLAB Programming

2 Data Types
Function Summary
MATLAB provides these functions for working with character arrays:
• Functions to Create Character Arrays on page 2-64
• Functions to Modify Character Arrays on page 2-64
• Functions to Read and Operate on Character Arrays on page 2-65
• Functions to Search or Compare Character Arrays on page 2-65
• Functions to Determine Data Type or Content on page 2-65
• Functions to Convert Between Numeric and String Data Types on page 2-66
• Functions to Work with Cell Arrays of Strings as Sets on page 2-66
FunctionstoCreateCharacterArrays
Function
'str'
blanks
sprintf
strcat
strvcat
Description
Create the string specifiedbetweenquotes.
Create a string of blanks.
Write formatted data to a string.
Concatenate strings.
Concatenate strings vertically.
Functions to Modify Character Arrays
Function
deblank
lower
sort
strjust
strrep
Description
Remove trailing blanks.
Make all letters lowercase.
Sort elements in ascending or descending order.
Justify a string.
Replace one string with another.
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