Name

strstr — Locate substring

Calling Sequence

res = strstr(haystack,needle)

Parameters

haystack

A character string or matrix of character strings

needle

A character string or matrix of character strings

res

A character string or matrix of character strings

Description

res = strstr(haystack,needle) Returns a string matrix starting from where the first occurrence of needle in haystack to the end of haystack, or '' if there needle is not part of haystack.

Examples

 
strstr('This is a simple string','simple')
strstr('This is a simple string','sample')
strstr(['This is a simple string','in scilab'],'is')
strstr(['This is a sample string','in scilab'],['a','scilab'])

See Also

strrchr, strchr