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1 @c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton |
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2 @c This is part of the Octave manual. |
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3 @c For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi. |
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5 @node Strings |
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6 @chapter Strings |
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7 @cindex strings |
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8 @cindex character strings |
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9 @opindex " |
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10 @opindex ' |
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12 A @dfn{string constant} consists of a sequence of characters enclosed in |
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13 either double-quote or single-quote marks. For example, both of the |
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14 following expressions |
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15 |
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16 @example |
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17 @group |
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18 "parrot" |
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19 'parrot' |
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20 @end group |
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21 @end example |
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22 |
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23 @noindent |
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24 represent the string whose contents are @samp{parrot}. Strings in |
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25 Octave can be of any length. |
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26 |
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27 Since the single-quote mark is also used for the transpose operator |
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28 (@pxref{Arithmetic Ops}) but double-quote marks have no other purpose in |
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29 Octave, it is best to use double-quote marks to denote strings. |
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30 |
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31 @cindex escape sequence notation |
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32 In double-quoted strings, the backslash character is used to introduce |
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33 @dfn{escape sequences} that reresent other characters. For example, |
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34 @samp{\n} embeds a newline character in a double-quoted string and |
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35 @samp{\"} embeds a double quote character. |
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36 |
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37 In single-quoted strings, backslash is not a special character. |
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38 |
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39 Here is an example showing the difference |
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40 |
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41 @example |
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42 @group |
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43 toascii ("\n") |
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44 @result 10 |
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45 toascii ('\n') |
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46 @result [ 92 110 ] |
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47 @end group |
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48 @end example |
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49 |
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50 You may also insert a single quote character in a single-quoted string |
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51 by using two single quote characters in succession. For example, |
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52 |
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53 @example |
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54 'I can''t escape' |
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55 @result I can't escape |
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56 @end example |
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57 |
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58 Here is a table of all the escape sequences used in Octave. They are |
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59 the same as those used in the C programming language. |
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60 |
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61 @table @code |
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62 @item \\ |
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63 Represents a literal backslash, @samp{\}. |
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64 |
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65 @item \" |
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66 Represents a literal double-quote character, @samp{"}. |
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67 |
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68 @item \' |
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69 Represents a literal single-quote character, @samp{'}. |
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70 |
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71 @item \0 |
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72 Represents the ``nul'' character, control-@@, ASCII code 0. |
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73 |
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74 @item \a |
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75 Represents the ``alert'' character, control-g, ASCII code 7. |
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76 |
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77 @item \b |
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78 Represents a backspace, control-h, ASCII code 8. |
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79 |
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80 @item \f |
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81 Represents a formfeed, control-l, ASCII code 12. |
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82 |
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83 @item \n |
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84 Represents a newline, control-j, ASCII code 10. |
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85 |
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86 @item \r |
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87 Represents a carriage return, control-m, ASCII code 13. |
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88 |
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89 @item \t |
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90 Represents a horizontal tab, control-i, ASCII code 9. |
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91 |
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92 @item \v |
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93 Represents a vertical tab, control-k, ASCII code 11. |
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94 |
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95 @c We don't do octal or hex this way yet. |
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96 @c |
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97 @c @item \@var{nnn} |
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98 @c Represents the octal value @var{nnn}, where @var{nnn} are one to three |
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99 @c digits between 0 and 7. For example, the code for the ASCII ESC |
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100 @c (escape) character is @samp{\033}.@refill |
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101 @c |
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102 @c @item \x@var{hh}@dots{} |
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103 @c Represents the hexadecimal value @var{hh}, where @var{hh} are hexadecimal |
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104 @c digits (@samp{0} through @samp{9} and either @samp{A} through @samp{F} or |
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105 @c @samp{a} through @samp{f}). Like the same construct in @sc{ansi} C, |
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106 @c the escape |
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107 @c sequence continues until the first non-hexadecimal digit is seen. However, |
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108 @c using more than two hexadecimal digits produces undefined results. (The |
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109 @c @samp{\x} escape sequence is not allowed in @sc{posix} @code{awk}.)@refill |
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110 @end table |
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111 |
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112 Strings may be concatenated using the notation for defining matrices. |
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113 For example, the expression |
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114 |
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115 @example |
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116 [ "foo" , "bar" , "baz" ] |
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117 @end example |
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118 |
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119 @noindent |
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120 produces the string whose contents are @samp{foobarbaz}. @xref{Numeric |
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121 Data Types}, for more information about creating matrices. |
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122 |
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123 @menu |
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124 * Creating Strings:: |
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125 * Searching and Replacing:: |
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126 * String Conversions:: |
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127 * Character Class Functions:: |
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128 @end menu |
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129 |
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130 @node Creating Strings |
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131 @section Creating Strings |
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132 |
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133 @DOCSTRING(blanks) |
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134 |
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135 @DOCSTRING(char) |
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136 |
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137 @DOCSTRING(int2str) |
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139 @DOCSTRING(com2str) |
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140 |
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141 @DOCSTRING(strcat) |
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142 |
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143 @DOCSTRING(strvcat) |
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144 |
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145 @DOCSTRING(strtrunc) |
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146 |
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147 @DOCSTRING(string_fill_char) |
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148 |
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149 @DOCSTRING(str2mat) |
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151 @DOCSTRING(ischar) |
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152 |
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153 @DOCSTRING(mat2str) |
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154 |
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155 @DOCSTRING(num2str) |
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156 |
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157 @node Searching and Replacing |
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158 @section Searching and Replacing |
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159 |
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160 @DOCSTRING(deblank) |
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161 |
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162 @DOCSTRING(findstr) |
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163 |
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164 @DOCSTRING(index) |
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165 |
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166 @DOCSTRING(rindex) |
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167 |
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168 @DOCSTRING(strfind) |
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169 |
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170 @DOCSTRING(strmatch) |
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171 |
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172 @DOCSTRING(strtok) |
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173 |
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174 @DOCSTRING(split) |
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175 |
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176 @DOCSTRING(strcmp) |
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178 @DOCSTRING(strcmpi) |
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179 |
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180 @DOCSTRING(strncmp) |
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181 |
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182 @DOCSTRING(strncmpi) |
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183 |
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184 @DOCSTRING(strrep) |
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185 |
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186 @DOCSTRING(substr) |
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187 |
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188 @DOCSTRING(regexp) |
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189 |
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190 @DOCSTRING(regexpi) |
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192 @DOCSTRING(regexprep) |
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193 |
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194 @node String Conversions |
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195 @section String Conversions |
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196 |
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197 @DOCSTRING(bin2dec) |
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198 |
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199 @DOCSTRING(dec2bin) |
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200 |
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201 @DOCSTRING(dec2hex) |
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202 |
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203 @DOCSTRING(hex2dec) |
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205 @DOCSTRING(dec2base) |
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206 |
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207 @DOCSTRING(base2dec) |
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208 |
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209 @DOCSTRING(strjust) |
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210 |
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211 @DOCSTRING(str2double) |
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212 |
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213 @DOCSTRING(str2num) |
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214 |
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215 @DOCSTRING(toascii) |
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216 |
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217 @DOCSTRING(tolower) |
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218 |
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219 @DOCSTRING(toupper) |
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221 @DOCSTRING(do_string_escapes) |
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222 |
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223 @DOCSTRING(undo_string_escapes) |
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224 |
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225 @node Character Class Functions |
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226 @section Character Class Functions |
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227 |
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228 Octave also provides the following character class test functions |
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229 patterned after the functions in the standard C library. They all |
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230 operate on string arrays and return matrices of zeros and ones. |
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231 Elements that are nonzero indicate that the condition was true for the |
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232 corresponding character in the string array. For example, |
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233 |
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234 @example |
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235 @group |
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236 isalpha ("!Q@@WERT^Y&") |
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237 @result{} [ 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 ] |
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238 @end group |
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239 @end example |
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240 |
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241 @DOCSTRING(isalnum) |
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242 |
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243 @DOCSTRING(isalpha) |
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244 |
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245 @DOCSTRING(isascii) |
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246 |
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247 @DOCSTRING(iscntrl) |
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248 |
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249 @DOCSTRING(isdigit) |
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250 |
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251 @DOCSTRING(isgraph) |
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253 @DOCSTRING(isletter) |
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256 |
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257 @DOCSTRING(isprint) |
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258 |
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259 @DOCSTRING(ispunct) |
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260 |
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261 @DOCSTRING(isspace) |
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262 |
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263 @DOCSTRING(isupper) |
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