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strstr

locate substring

Syntax

res = strstr(haystack, needle)

Arguments

haystack

a character string or matrix of character strings.

needle

a character string or matrix of character strings.

res

a character string or matrix of character strings.

Description

res = strstr(haystack, needle) returns a string matrix starting from where the first occurrence of needle in haystack to the end of haystack, or '' if there needle is not part of haystack.

Examples

strstr('This is a simple string','simple')
strstr('This is a simple string','sample')
strstr(['This is a simple string','in scilab'],'is')
strstr(['This is a sample string','in scilab'],['a','scilab'])

See also

  • strrchr — find the last occurrence of a character in a string
  • strchr — find the first occurrence of a character in a string
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