strncmpi

Compares first n characters of strings (case sensitive).

Syntax

  • res = strncmpi(s1, s2, n)

Input argument

  • s1 - a string, string array or cell of strings.

  • s2 - a string, string array or cell of strings.

  • n - an integer value: numbers of characters to compare.

Output argument

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

Description

strncmpi compares the first n characters of two strings (case insensitive).

Example

strncmpi('Nelson', 'nelSon', 3)
strncmpi('Nelson', 'Nelson', 3)

A = {'Nel', 'son'; 'Toolboxes', 'Modules'}
B = {'Handle', 'Struct'; 'Toolboxes', 'Modules'}
C = {'C', 'Contents'; 'Nel', 'son'}
strncmpi(A, B, 2)
strncmpi(A, C, 2)
strncmpi(C, 'C', 4)

See also

strncmp, strcmp.

History

Version
Description

1.0.0

initial version

Author

Allan CORNET

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