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istext

Test whether a value is text.

Syntax

Section titled “Syntax”
v = istext(value)

Description

Section titled “Description”

Returns true if value is a text string, false otherwise.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
istext('hello')          % 1
istext(42)               % 0

See also

Section titled “See also”
  • isnontext — Test whether a value is not text.
  • ischar — Test whether the input is a character array.