Problem 2602. Did you say please? - Find one string within another without strfind or regexp/regexpi

Solution 1454612

Submitted on 2 Mar 2018 by Chris Waltenberry

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Test	Status	Code Input and Output
1	Pass	user_solution = fileread('please.m'); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'strfind'))); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'regexp'))); assert(isempty(strfind(user_solution,'regexpi')));
2	Pass	x = 'Can you do my homework for me?'; y_correct = '...'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))
3	Pass	x = 'Please, can you do my homework for me?'; y_correct = 'OK'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))
4	Pass	x = 'Come on Tuesday morning, please!'; y_correct = 'OK'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))
5	Pass	x = 'PLEASE, HELP ME!!!'; y_correct = 'OK'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))
6	Pass	x = 'Pleased to see you again, could you give me a hand?'; y_correct = '...'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))
7	Pass	x = 'Pleased to see you again, could you please give me a hand?'; y_correct = 'OK'; assert(isequal(please(x),y_correct))

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