Single Precision Math .....................................
4-26
The Logical Class
5
Find Array Elements That Meet a Condition ....................
5-2
Reduce Logical Arrays to Single Value ........................
5-6
Characters and Strings
6
Text in String and Character Arrays ........................... 6-2
Create String Arrays .......................................
6-5
Cell Arrays of Character Vectors ............................
6-12
Create Cell Array of Character Vectors ......................
6-12
Access Character Vectors in Cell Array ......................
6-12
Convert Cell Arrays to String Arrays ........................
6-13
Analyze Text Data with String Arrays .........................
6-15
Test for Empty Strings and Missing Values ....................
6-20
Formatting Text ..........................................
6-24
Fields of the Formatting Operator ..........................
6-24
Setting Field Width and Precision ..........................
6-28
Restrictions on Using Identifiers ...........................
6-30
Compare Text ............................................
6-32
Search and Replace Text ...................................
6-37
Build Pattern Expressions .................................
6-40
Convert Numeric Values to Text .............................
6-45
Convert Text to Numeric Values .............................
6-49
Unicode and ASCII Values ..................................
6-53
Hexadecimal and Binary Values .............................
6-55
Frequently Asked Questions About String Arrays ...............
6-59
Why Does Using Command Form With Strings Return An Error? ..
6-59
Why Do Strings in Cell Arrays Return an Error? ...............
6-60
Why Does length() of String Return 1? ......................
6-60
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