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pracma (version 1.8.8)

strcmp: String Comparison

Description

Compare two strings or character vectors for equality.

Usage

strcmp(s1, s2)
strcmpi(s1, s2)

Arguments

s1, s2
character strings or vectors

Value

  • logical, i.e. TRUE if s1 and s2 have the same length as character vectors and all elements are equal as character strings, else FALSE.

Details

For strcmp comparisons are case-sensitive, while for strcmpi the are case-insensitive. Leading and trailing blanks do count.

See Also

strcat

Examples

Run this code
strcmp(c("yes", "no"), c("yes", "no"))
strcmpi(c("yes", "no"), c("Yes", "No"))

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