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How to create function file that makes replacements to a string?

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Like, if I have a string = 'Bobs-Burgers', and I want to make a function file to remove the dash to yield 'BobsBurgers', how do I do that? Do I use things like strfind/strrep? I'm just kind of confused where to start, because I feel like I have an idea but I don't know the syntax to flesh it out.
-------- My idea: --------
if string contains '-'
strrep(somethingsomething)
end
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Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Jan
Jan on 19 May 2018
You mention strrep already, which is the perfect solution. Did you read doc strrep already?
Jan
Jan on 21 May 2018
@Emanuele Joy: Please do not close your own question, after answers have been posted. Thanks.

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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 19 May 2018
Edited: Ameer Hamza on 19 May 2018
The first argument of strrep is the actual char array. The second input is the char you want to replace and third is the thing with which you want to replace. Since you just want to delete the character '-', so replace it with an empty character.
strrep( 'Bobs-Burgers', '-', '')

Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 19 May 2018
strrep() is good. You can use that. An alternative way is to use logical indexing and set the indexes to null:
str(str=='_') = []; % Remove underlines.

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