Comparing Strings

There are two forms:

r = StrCmp(s1, s2)

Performs a case sensitive comparison between two strings and returns a Boolean.

s1, s2

The strings that are compared.

A Boolean. True if they match, else false.

> print(StrCmp(‘abc’, ‘abc’))

true

r = StrCmp(s, t)

Performs a case sensitive comparison between a string and a table of strings. It searches the table and returns a vector of indices in the table where matches were found. The search supports partial match via wildcard characters. If no match is found an empty matrix is returned.

The string to search in the table.

The table of strings.

A matrix of the indices in the table where matches are found.

> t= {‘abc’, ‘xyz’, ‘abc’};

> r = StrCmp(‘xyz’, t); print(r)

[Matrix] 1 x 1

> r = StrCmp(‘ab*’, t); print(r) // partial match

[Matrix] 1 x 2

1 3