Finding position of a string in a cell array

Hello, please find below my code:

Airport_data(1:10)

ans = 

      'AGGH'    ''    'ANYN'    ''    'AYBK'    ''    'AYDU'    ''    'AYGB'    ''

>> Airport_actual

Airport_actual = 

      'ANYN'

>> whos Airport_data
  Name              Size               Bytes  Class    Attributes

    Airport_data      1x4835            555792  cell               

>> whos Airport_actual
  Name                Size            Bytes  Class    Attributes

    Airport_actual      1x1               120  cell

i want to find the index of 'ANYN' which in this case is 3. How can i do this.? Should i convert to string first?

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

s={'AGGH'    ''    'ANYN'    ''    'AYBK'    ''    'AYDU'    ''    'AYGB' }
find(strcmp(s,'ANYN' ))

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

[tf, idx] = ismember(Airport_actual, Airport_data);

tf will be true if it is found, and idx will be the index it was found at.