iskeyword
Determine whether input is MATLAB keyword
Syntax
tf = iskeyword(txt)
iskeyword
Description
tf = iskeyword(txt)
returns logical 1
(true
) if the character vector or string scalar txt
is a keyword in the MATLAB® language and logical 0
(false
) otherwise. MATLAB keywords cannot be used as variable names.
iskeyword
returns a list
of all MATLAB keywords.
Examples
To test if the word while
is 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'
Extended Capabilities
Version History
Introduced before R2006a