contains

Determine if pattern is in a string

Syntax

tf = contains(str,pat)

tf = contains(str,pat) returns 1 (true) if str contains the specified pattern, and returns 0 (false) otherwise.

Note

The operator contains is supported only in Stateflow^® charts that use MATLAB^® as the action language.

Return a 1(true) if the string contains the pattern.

h = "Hello, world!"
pat = "world"
x = contains(h,pat)

Stateflow chart that uses the contains operator in a state.

Results from stateflow chart that uses the contains operator in a state.

This operator is not supported for use with structures. For more information about structures in Stateflow, see Access Bus Signals Through Stateflow Structures.

Introduced in R2021b