strcspn

Arguments

string_one

a character string or matrix of character strings.

string_two

a character string or matrix of character strings.

res

a matrix.

Description

res = strcspn(string_one,string_two) scans string_one for the first occurrence of any of the characters that are part of string_two, returning the number of characters of string_one read before this first occurrence.

string_two must have same dimensions than string_one or string_two must be a string.

Examples

strcspn("fcba73","1234567890")
strcspn(["fcba73","f7cba73"],"1234567890")
strcspn(["fcba73","f7cba73"],["312","34567890"])

See also

• strspn — lengths of the beginning of strings as long as characters are among those allowed