Name
tokenpos — returns the tokens positions in a character string.
Calling Sequence
kdf=tokenpos(str [,delimiter])
Parameters
- str
A character string. The string where to search the tokens.
- delimiter
(optional) A character or a vector of characters. The tokens delimeters.
- kdf
Two columns matrix, first column gives the index of the beginning of the tokens, the second gives the index of the last character of the tokens.
Description
kdf=tokenpos(str [,delimiter]) searches the tokens included in the
string str. The delimiter default value is [" ",<Tab>]
where <Tab> stands for ascii(9). It returns the indices of the
first and last characters of each found tokens.
Examples
str='This is a character string';
kdf=tokenpos(str)
first=part(str,kdf(1,1):kdf(1,2))