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iskeyword

Determine whether input isMATLABkeyword

Syntax

tf = iskeyword(txt)
iskeyword

Description

tf = iskeyword(txt)returns logical1(true) if the character vector or string scalartxtis a keyword in the MATLAB®language and logical0(false) otherwise. MATLAB keywords cannot be used as variable names.

iskeywordreturns a list of all MATLAB keywords.

Examples

To test if the wordwhileis a MATLAB keyword,

iskeyword('while') ans = 1

To obtain a list of all MATLAB keywords,

iskeyword 'break' 'case' 'catch' 'classdef' 'continue' 'else' 'elseif' 'end' 'for' 'function' 'global' 'if' 'otherwise' 'parfor' 'persistent' 'return' 'spmd' 'switch' 'try' 'while'
Introduced before R2006a