isinstr

isinstr(str, strlist, cs) returns a vector of logical values with true for each elements of strlist that contains str and false otherwise.
An optional third input(cs) allows to specify if comparison is case sensitive (default) or not.

Examples

> isinstr('ab', 'abcd')

[ans:true]
> isinstr('ab', 'ABcd')

[ans:false]
> isinstr('ab', 'ABcd', false)

[ans:true]
> Name = {'John';'Marc';'Sam';'Toni'}
Grades = {'B';'A';'B';'F'}
DOB = {'02-Jun-2012';'12-Aug-2012';'04-Oct-2011';'29-Aug-2012'}
T = table(Name,Grades,DOB)#

  Name Grades          DOB 
  John      B  02-Jun-2012 
  Marc      A  12-Aug-2012 
   Sam      B  04-Oct-2011 
  Toni      F  29-Aug-2012 

> T(isinstr('Aug', T.DOB))#

  Name Grades          DOB 
  Marc      A  12-Aug-2012 
  Toni      F  29-Aug-2012 

Resources

See also

strfind | strrep | strcmp