MATLAB Function Reference

iskeyword

Test if string is a MATLAB keyword

Syntax

iskeyword 's'
iskeyword
R = iskeyword('s')

Description

iskeyword 's' returns a 1 if string, s, is a keyword in the MATLAB language. Returns 0, otherwise.

iskeyword returns a list of all MATLAB keywords.

R = iskeyword('s') returns a 1 in R if string, s, is a MATLAB keyword.

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'
    'continue'
    'else'
    'elseif'
    'end'
    'for'
    'function'
    'global'
    'if'
    'otherwise'
    'persistent'
    'return'
    'switch'
    'try'
    'while'

See Also

isvarname, is*

isjava

ismember