Refer to the character ' in a string

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Edward
Edward on 31 Mar 2013
Commented: Steven Lord on 25 Jan 2023
Hi, i'm trying to write an algorithm to remove the character ' from a string, say for example: string='you're';
where I want to remove the ' to make the string 'youre' I get errors when I try to refer to a character as ''' though,
is there something I'm missing?
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 25 Jan 2023
strrep('you''re','''','')
ans = 'youre'
Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 25 Jan 2023
This wasn't an option when the question was originally asked, but if you're using string arrays you don't need to double up the single quotes.
s = "you're"
s = "you're"
t1 = strrep(s, "'", "")
t1 = "youre"
t2 = erase(s, "'")
t2 = "youre"
t3 = replace(s, "'", "")
t3 = "youre"

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Answers (1)

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 31 Mar 2013
string(string == '''') = '';
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 31 Mar 2013
Edited: Image Analyst on 31 Mar 2013
Why do it that way, which is dependent on the apostrophe being in the 4th position rather than the more general way Walter suggested? Heck if you're going to assume that, then you might as well do
a(4) = [];
or
a = [a(1:3), a(5:end)];
Perhaps what you were trying to do is this:
apostrophe = ''''
a= ['you', apostrophe, 're']
quoteLocation = strfind(a, apostrophe)
apostrophe =
'
a =
you're
quoteLocation =
4

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