Find similarity between string inputs

Hi, I have a file with some string inputs. I would like to find the similarity between the string inputs when i'm accessing one or more inputs at a time.Could anyone help me out with this problem.

Thanks in advance for your precious time Smith.

[Fangjun Jiang]

You need to clarify your question.

[Jan]

What exactly is "similarity"?

Answer 1

[Jan]

Perhaps you want the EditDistance: FEX:EditDist.

[Bradley Stiritz]

Jan, thanks for this very apropos & helpful suggestion :)

Answer 2

[Harry MacDowel]

The function strcmp is a good start for you to study:-

http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/strcmp.html