How to search for a string in cell array in MATLAB?

Asked 2011-11-09T06:47:52.463

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Let's say I have the cell array

strs = {'HA' 'KU' 'LA' 'MA' 'TATA'}

What should I do if I want to find the index of 'KU'?

string matlab cell-array

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I guess the following code could do the trick:

strs = {'HA' 'KU' 'LA' 'MA' 'TATA'}
ind=find(ismember(strs,'KU'))

This returns

ans = 
     2

answered 2011-11-09T07:04:52.553