Problem 43181. Find index of a string in a cell array

Write a function that finds the index at which the cell array of strings C contains the exact string S.

So if

C = {'twenty-one'; 'twenty-two'; 'twenty-three'; 'one'; 'two'; 'three'};

then

y = cellfind('one', C);

should return 4

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Last Solution submitted on Dec 25, 2025

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