strlookup

Find strings in a list of cells and return near matches if no exact match is found.

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Cite As

Chad Greene (2026). strlookup (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/47577-strlookup), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: wraptext, metaproperty(className, propertyName)

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.2.0

Close matches are now a blend of spectral and alphabetical matches. Changed the name of output variable from NearbyNames to CloseNames for clarity. Fixed the bug that Bryan pointed out.

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1.1.0

Now returns NearbyNames and suppresses command window output when two output arguments are requested.

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1.0.0

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