Check for column in table
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How do I search whether a column, lets say 'Column1', exists in a table, Table_1, without using strmatch as it is not recommended.
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  Kevin Phung
      
 on 10 Jul 2019
        
      Edited: Kevin Phung
      
 on 10 Jul 2019
  
      any(ismember(Table_1.Properties.VariableNames,'Column1'))
strcmp works too, in place of ismember
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  Shubham Sangle
      
 on 10 Jul 2019
        Similar questions with accepted answer is available at https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/313776-how-to-check-whether-a-column-exist-in-a-table
Exist_Column = strcmp('My_Column',My_Table.Properties.VariableNames)
val = Exist_Column(Exist_Column==1) ;
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