how to find the position of a given number
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if the input is 1050, whats the code to get the position of 5.....(answer is third)
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on 5 Sep 2012
locationOf5 = strfind('1050', '5')
You can adapt it to other numbers, or pass in string variables instead of hard-coding it if you want.
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on 6 Sep 2012
locationOfDigit = strfind(num2str(yourFullNumber), num2str(yourDesiredDigit))
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