File mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/m/replace_name.m artifact d28ce054d4 part of check-in f4fee488fc


function string_array = replace_name(string_array, new, index); 
% Replaces a row of a string vector with a string of arbitary length.

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  [N,M]=size(string_array);
  L = length(new);
  
  if index>N 
    error(["String array has less than ", num2str(index), " rows"]);
  end;
  
  if L<M			# Pad the new string
    new = [new, blanks(M-L)];
  elseif M<L			# Pad the array
    for i=1:L-M
      string_array=[string_array, blanks(N)'];
    end
  end

  string_array(index,:) = new;	# Replace ith row by new string

endfunction

    
    




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