ischar

Test whether the input is a character array.

Syntax

tf = ischar(A)

Description

Returns true when A is a character array (a string or array of characters), false otherwise.

Examples

ischar('hello')         % 1
ischar(42)              % 0

See also

• isstrprop — Test whether characters belong to a named character category.
• isletter — Test whether each character is alphabetic.
• isspace — Test whether each character is whitespace.