How to replace exact char in a cell array from another reference cell array

Hello,

Given the example below

A = {'x1', 'x10', 'x1:x10'};
B = {'x1','x10'};
C = {'Pierre', 'Paul'};

I would like to replace in A the exact string from B by its respective value from C. I would like to obtain:

A={'Pierre', 'Paul', 'Pierre:Paul'}

I would like to minimize the number of loops necessary.

A=replace(A,B,C);

This doest not work and produce: {'Pierre'} {'Pierre0'} {'Pierre:Pierre0'}

I tried few regexprep and strrep without success. What is the proper way? Thank you

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

This is difficult because 'x1' is also a substring of 'x10'. But making a few assumptions it might be possible:

A = {'x1', 'x10', 'x1:x10'};
B = {'x1','x10'};
C = {'Pierre', 'Paul'};
R = strcat(B,'\>');
D = regexprep(A,R,C)

D = 1x3 cell array
    {'Pierre'}    {'Paul'}    {'Pierre:Paul'}

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/regular-expressions.html#f0-42983

[JClarcq]

Thank you Stephen, so far so good