Chapter 7

String Manipulation

Contents

7.1 Creating String Variables

7.2 Operations on Strings

7.3 The “Is” Functions for Strings

7.4 Converting Between String and Number Types

Key Terms

string

substring

control characters

white space characters

leading blanks

trailing blanks

vectors of characters

empty string

string concatenation

delimiter

token

A string in the MATLAB® software consists of any number of characters and is contained in single quotes. Actually, strings are vectors in which every element is a single character, which means that many of the vector operations and functions that we have already seen work with strings.

MATLAB also has many built-in functions that are specifically written to manipulate strings. In some cases, strings ...

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