How can i write 2D longest character array ?
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This array must be between two asterisk signs (*) and the code should give us the longest name in this array
For example: {'878*jhon*23 ; '*jonathan*87' ; '485*will*421'}
output will be as a 'jonathan'
I wrote code like this. but it's not what want.
a = {'23*Ali*36' ; 'Veli*178' ; '99*Zeynep*'} ;
for k=1:length(a)
val(k)=length(a{k});
x = findstr(a) , '*' )
end
out=a(val==max(val)
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Image Analyst
on 16 May 2020
Edited: Image Analyst
on 16 May 2020
Did you just try a super obvious brute force approach using a for loop:
a = {'23*Ali*36' ; 'Veli*178' ; '99*Zeynep*'} ;
nameLengths = zeros(length(a), 3); % Preallocate.
for k = 1 : length(a)
thisCellContents = a{k};
starLocations = find(thisCellContents == '*') % Find indexes of stars.
% Extract the name
if length(starLocations) >= 2
% Extract length between start #1 and star #2.
nameLengths(k, :) = [starLocations(1), starLocations(2), starLocations(2) - starLocations(1) + 1];
elseif length(starLocations) >= 1
% One star. Start from the beginning.
nameLengths(k, :) = [1, starLocations(1), starLocations(1)];
else
% No stars.
nameLengths(k, :) = [1, length(thisCellContents), length(thisCellContents)]; % The whole thing.
end
end
nameLengths % Report to command window.
[maxLength, row] = max(nameLengths(:,3)) % Find the longest one - biggest separation.
longestRow = a{row} % Get the entire string, including the start.
% Extract the substring.
out = longestRow(starLocations(1) + 1 : starLocations(2) - 1)
I'm sure there are less obvious, but more cryptic methods that are shorter if you want to wait for one from someone else.
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Image Analyst
on 16 May 2020
You're welcome. Because comments are SO important, I added a few to make it even easier to follow. I encourage you to use descriptive variable names and lots of comments in your code. If my answer helped you maybe you could click the Vote button. Thanks in advance.
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Ameer Hamza
on 16 May 2020
Edited: Ameer Hamza
on 16 May 2020
Try this
a = {'23*Ali*36' ; 'Veli*178' ; '99*Zeynep*'} ;
m = regexp(a, '[A-Za-z]*', 'match');
m = [m{:}];
[~, idx] = max(cellfun(@numel, m));
longest_name = m{idx};
Result
>> longest_name
longest_name =
'Zeynep'
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