getnameidx (Financial Time Series Toolbox)

Financial Time Series Toolbox

getnameidx

Find name in list

Syntax

```
nameidx = getnameidx(list, name)
```

Arguments

list
A cell array of name strings

name
A string or cell array of name strings

`list`	A cell array of name strings
`name`	A string or cell array of name strings

Description

nameidx = getnameidx(list, name) finds the occurrence of a name or set of names in a list. It returns an index (order number) indicating where the specified names are located with the list. If name is not found, nameidx returns 0.

If name is a cell array of names, getnameidx returns a vector containing the indices (order number) of the name strings within list. If none of the names in the name cell array is in list, it returns zero. If some of names in name are not found, the indices for these names will be zeros.

getnameidx finds only the first occurrence of the name in the list of names. This function is meant to be used on a list of unique names (strings) only. It will not find multiple occurrences of a name or a list of names within list.

Examples

Given

poultry = {'duck', 'chicken'}
animals = {'duck', 'cow', 'sheep', 'horse', 'chicken'}
nameidx = getnameidx(animals, poultry)
ans =
    1   5

Given

poultry = {'duck', 'goose', 'chicken'}
animals = {'duck', 'cow', 'sheep', 'horse', 'chicken'}
nameidx = getnameidx(animals, poultry)
ans =
    1  0  5

See Also

findstr, strcmp, strfind

getfield hhigh