MATLAB Function Reference

strncmpi

Compare first n characters of strings, ignoring case

Syntax

• strncmpi('str1', 'str2', n)
  TF = strncmpi(S, T, n)
  

Description

strncmpi('str1', 'str2', n) returns logical 1 (true) if the first n characters of the strings str1 and str2 are the same except for case, and logical 0 (false) otherwise.

TF = strncmpi(S, T, n), when either S or T is a cell array of strings, returns an array the same size as S and T containing logical 1 (true) for those elements of S and T that match except for case (up to n characters), and logical 0 (false) otherwise. S and T must be the same size (or one can be a scalar cell). Either one can also be a character array with the right number of rows.

Remarks

strncmpi is intended for comparison of character data. When used to compare numeric data, strncmpi returns logical 0.

strncmpi supports international character sets.

See Also

strncmp, strcmpi, strcmp, strmatch, strfind, findstr, regexp, regexpi, regexprep

strncmp

strread

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