phrase2word.m

String separation - useful for ASCII data header lines

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% out=phrase2word(phrase, <delimiter,token>) | Version 1.1
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% Cuts input phrase separated by delimiter into words.
% Consecutive delimiters are recognized and the "missing"
% words inbetween are marked by default with a whitespace.
% Useful to extract data labels from a csv-header line.
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% Example:
% words = phrase2word('time,data')
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% results in {'time','data'}
% By default, ',' is chosen as delimiter, thus
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% words = phrase2word('time,data',',')
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% has the same result.
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% words = phrase2word('time,,data',',','*')
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% gives {'time' '*' 'data'} with "*" marking empty word.
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% Start: 2003-08-11, S. Billig | Last Change: 2004-11-30, SB
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% has the same result as above.