Character array command to find # of specific word in a paragraph

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Homework Statement

Download the mat file Gettysburg.mat. View in a new window and load it in the workspace using the command

clear;
load Gettysburg;

This loads a 1-by-1452 char array GA that is the Gettysburg Address in English. Display the first 100 or so characters for yourself to see this.

In this array, how many times does the char array 'that' occur?

Hint: You do not need to count the occurrences of 'that' by hand. What command can be used to find the starting index of a specified string (char array) in a larger string (char array)?

How many times does the char array 'for' occur?

How many times does the char array 'we' occur?

How many times does the char array 'We' occur?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

I don't know what command to use to find the number of words in the character array, and the hint went over my head, so I am unsure what to do with it.

I did

 char([GA])

to get the statement to show up, but to show how many times I get ''that'' in the statement I keep trying variations of

 Char([GA, 'that')]

The command

 numel([GA, 'that'])

gives me the number of characters, 1456. I guess a word is not an element, but a character is. So I don't know where to go from here.

EDIT: I found the command

 strfind(GA, 'that'])

and it gives me

 ans =

  Columns 1 through 6

         145         234         346         394         467         472

  Columns 7 through 12

         532        1096        1155        1220        1248        1292

  Column 13

        1359

and I don't know how to interpret this.

EDIT2: I guess the columns is the number of times the word shows up. Is the number supposed to be the beginning character number where that word is?

 

[jedishrfu]

It makes more sense to say that the word 'that' starts at character position 146 and then again at 234 and again 346...

Since there are 13 elements then you could conclude that 'that' appears 13 times.