% % outstr=blank(instr) % % BLANK returns the non-whitespace portion in the input string instr % % Calls: none % function outstr=blank(instr) [m,n]=size(instr); if m>1 error('input string must be a vector'); end % REMOVE LEADING BLANKS % [m,n]=size(instr); count=0; spaces=find(instr==' '); instr(spaces)=''; outstr=instr; return;