strncmp

Performs a case-sensitive comparison of the first n characters of x1 with x2. Returns 1 if the characters compared are identical and 0 otherwise.

Syntax

R = strncmp(x1, x2, n)

Inputs

x1: If x1 is a cell, it should either have a size of 1 or match the size of x2.; Type: String string | cell
x2: If x2 is a cell, it should either have a size of 1 or match the size of x1.; Type: String string | cell
n: Number of characters to match for a case-sensitive comparison.; Type: Finite, positive integer

Outputs

R: Type: logical | mat

Examples

String comparison:

R = strncmp('string1', 'str123456', 3)

R = 1

String-cell array comparison:

R = strncmp('string1', {'This', 'is', 'str123456'}, 3)

R = [Matrix] 1 x 3
0  0  1

Comments

If x1 and x2 are both of type cell, their sizes must be identical or one of them should have just one element. R will be a matrix if either x1 or x2 is of type cell.