14 lines
568 B
Matlab
14 lines
568 B
Matlab
function index = searchCollection(list,searchItem,firstLast)
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%firstLast is a string containing either 'first' or 'last'. The 'first'
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%flag will cause searchCollection to return the index of the first
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%instance of the item being searched. 'last' will cause
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%searchCollection to return the index of the last instance of the item
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%being searched.
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indicies = cellfun(@(x)x==searchItem,list);
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index = find(indicies,1,firstLast);
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assert(~isempty(index),['The string ''' searchItem ''' does not exist in this collection of strings.']);
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end
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