How could it be determined one array of a cell containing an string or a number?

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There is a cell, contains both numbers and strings, now How could it be determined one array of a cell containing an string or a number?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 23 Sep 2011
If it contains a string, then ischar() would be true for it. If it contains a number, then isnumeric() would be true for it.
Note: data of type logical, such as the result of 1 < 5, is not numeric for the purposes of isnumeric(); islogical() works for it.

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