How to replace multiple strings with another string

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Hello! I am trying to replace multiple words in a string with a single word. For example the sentence would be Hello girl and cat and I want to change it to Hello boy and boy. I've tried to format it as s being Hello girl and cat and then strrep (s, 'girl' 'cat', 'boy')
Thank you!

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 18 Aug 2016
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 18 Aug 2016
str='Hello girl and cat'
out=regexprep(str,'girl|cat','boy')
%If you want to use strrep
str='Hello girl and cat'
out=strrep(str,'girl','boy')
out=strrep(out,'cat','boy')
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HIRAKJYOTI BASUMATARY
HIRAKJYOTI BASUMATARY on 21 Jan 2018
@Azzi Abdelmalek Sir : if i have a string aa='robotic robot'; and if i use bb=strrep(aa,'robot','robotic') then it gives me 'roboticic robot' ; instead i want the output to be 'robotic robotic' . So Sir, how can i be able to achieve it ?
Pearl
Pearl on 25 Jan 2019
I would use regexprep
aa='robotic robot';
out = regexprep(aa,'robot$','robotic');

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