STRNCMP  STRNCMP String Compare Function To Length N 


Usage
 
 Compares two strings for equality, but only looks at the
 first N characters from each string.  The general syntax 
 for its use is
 
   p = strncmp(x,y,n)
 
 where x and y are two strings.  Returns true if x
 and y are each at least n characters long, and if the
 first n characters from each string are the same.  Otherwise,
 it returns false.
 In the second form, strncmp can be applied to a cell array of
 strings.  The syntax for this form is
 
   p = strncmp(cellstra,cellstrb,n)
 
 where cellstra and cellstrb are cell arrays of a strings
 to compare.  Also, you can also supply a character matrix as
 an argument to strcmp, in which case it will be converted
 via cellstr (so that trailing spaces are removed), before being
 compared.
 