how can we apply logical or operation on character strings

Hi... i have a group of string that contain words say cat, dog, sparrow . now i need to apply logical operation on these words like if i find cat, dog or both in a text file that contains these words then it should display its an animal & if i find sparrow then display should be bird.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try strcmp() or strcmpi() to compare a variable to a string constant. Or, if you're comparing against a list of words, use ismember().

if strcmpi(yourAnimal, 'sparrow')
    message = sprintf('Your animal is a bird.');
    uiwait(helpdlg(message));
end

Answer 2

[Matt J]

See STRFIND and friends.

Answer 3

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Your_list={'cat' 'dog' 'horse' 'sparrow' 'swallow' 'dove'}

You can associate to each element a number that indicate if it's an animal or a bird

type=[1 1 1 2 2 2]
message={ 'it''s an animal' 'it''s a bird' }

For example, if

a='cat'

Try to find the answer, you can use ismember function