inconsistency when comparing cell arrays with strings vs char array
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Why does matlab not compare strings & char arrays the same way in aggregate as it does individually?
>> type test_input.m
function test_input(varargin)
disp(strcmp(varargin,"abcd")); % try comparing against string "abcd"
disp(strcmp(varargin,'abcd')); % try comparing against char array 'abcd'...gets same result.
for i=1:length(varargin)
disp(strcmp(varargin{i},"abcd")) % try comparing individually, different result
end
end
>> test_input('abcd','efghi',"abcd")
1 0 0 % <-- match "abcd" with char array 'abcd', but mismatch on string "abcd"
1 0 0 % <-- also match 'abcd' with char array 'abcd', but mismatch on string "abcd"
1 % <-- match 'abcd' with string "abcd:
0
1 % <-- match "abcd" with "abcd". why is this different from aggregate compare????
>> test_input("abcd",'efghi','abcd')
0 0 1 % <-- (same results when switching input around...)
0 0 1
1
0
1
i.e., strcmp(...) doesn't match the input string "abcd" with either 'abcd' or "abcd" when comparing all elements of varargin at once, but does match the input char array 'abcd' with both "abcd" and 'abcd' when comparing in aggregate. However, it does match strings and char arrays properly when comparing individually.
This makes it an interesting challenge for testing for specific strings when the user could call my function with either string text or char array text?...
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James Tursa
2019-3-8
编辑：James Tursa
2019-3-8
This is a really good question. E.g.,
>> version
ans =
'9.4.0.813654 (R2018a)'
>> strcmp("abcd","abcd")
ans =
logical
1
>> strcmp({"abcd"},"abcd")
ans =
logical
0
>> strcmp('abcd','abcd')
ans =
logical
1
>> strcmp({'abcd'},'abcd')
ans =
logical
1
>> strcmp({'abcd',"abcd"},'abcd')
ans =
1×2 logical array
1 0
>> strcmp({'abcd',"abcd"},"abcd")
ans =
1×2 logical array
1 0
Not sure why the strcmp treatment of strings should be different when they are part of cell arrays. Maybe this needs to be posted to the TMW bug report system and see what they have to say about it.
As an aside, the ismember( ) function has limitations in this respect also. E.g.,
>> ismember({"abcd"},"abcd")
Error using ismember (line 76)
First argument must be a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors.
>> ismember({'abcd'},"abcd")
ans =
logical
1
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