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