% Useful string functions

cellstr(str)  : create a cell array of strings from str
blanks(n)     : create a string of n blanks

deblank(str)  : remove trailing blanks from str
strtrim(str)  : remove both leading and trailing blanks

strjust(str,type)  : justify the text in str to left, center, right
                     depending on value of type. e.g., type = 'right'

findstr(str1, str2) : find indices of a shorter string in a longer one.
                    : return type is numeric (a double or array of doubles)

strfind(str1, str2) : find indices of a shorter string str1 in str2.
                    : return type is numeric (a double or array of doubles)

strcmp(str1, str2)      : true if str1 is equal to str2
strncmp(str1, str2, n)  : true if first n characters in str1 and str2 are equal
strcmpi(str1, str2)     : true if str1 is equal to str2, ignoring case
strmatch(str1, str2)    : returns indices for which str1 appears in str2
strmatch(str1, str2, 'exact'))  : returns exact matches only

sscanf(str) : read the string under format control.

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