Name

strsubst — substitute a character string by another in a character string.

Calling Sequence

string_out=strsubst(string_in,searchStr,replaceStr)
string_out=strsubst(string_in,searchStr,replaceStr,[flag])

Parameters

string_in

a matrix of character string. The strings where to search occurrences of searchStr

searchStr

A character string. The string to search in string.

replaceStr

A character string. The replacement string.

str_out

A matrix of character strings. The result of the substitution on searchStr by replaceStr in string

flag

string("r" for regular expression)

Description

strsubst replaces all occurrences of searchStr in string by replaceStr.

When using the forth parameters "r", the searchStr should be a string of regular expression. And then strsubst is going to match it with string and replace according to the regular express rules.

Examples

 
strsubst('SCI/demos/scicos','SCI','.')
strsubst('SCI/demos/scicos','/',' ')
strsubst('2' ,'/2(]*)?$\1/' ,'0','r')

See Also

string, strings