isordinal

Determine whether input is ordinal categorical array

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Syntax

Description

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tf = isordinal(A) returns logical 1 (true) if A is an ordinal categorical array. Otherwise, isordinal returns logical 0 (false).

If a categorical array is ordinal, you can use relational operations for inequality comparisons, such as greater and less than, in addition to tests for equality.

Examples

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Create a categorical array containing the sizes of 10 objects. Use the names small, medium, and large for the values 'S', 'M', and 'L'.

A = categorical({'M';'L';'S';'S';'M';'L';'M';'L';'M';'S'},...
    {'S','M','L'},{'small','medium','large'})

A = 

     medium 
     large 
     small 
     small 
     medium 
     large 
     medium 
     large 
     medium 
     small

Determine if the categories of A have a mathematical ordering.

isordinal(A)

ans =

  logical

   0

A is not ordinal. You must use the 'Ordinal',true name-value pair argument in the function categorical to create an ordinal categorical array.

Input Arguments

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Categorical array, specified as a vector, matrix, or multidimensional array.

More About

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Tips

  • To convert a categorical array, A, from nonordinal to ordinal, use A = categorical(A,'Ordinal',true).

  • To convert a categorical array, A, from ordinal to nonordinal, use A = categorical(A,'Ordinal',false).

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Introduced in R2013b

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