isStringScalar - Determine if input is string array with one element - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Determine if input is string array with one element

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Description

tf = isStringScalar([A](#d126e945365)) returns1 (true) if A is a string array and A has only one element. Otherwise, it returns0 (false).

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Examples

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Create different arrays, and then determine if they are string scalars.

Test a string scalar.

Test a string array with multiple elements. Since str contains more than one element, isStringScalar returns 0.

str = ["Mercury","Gemini","Apollo"]

str = 1×3 string "Mercury" "Gemini" "Apollo"

Test a character vector. Since character vectors are not strings, isStringScalar returns 0.

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Input array, specified as an array of any size and data type.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b