MATLAB: Counting the numbers

counting

i have a dataset
a=
>50
<=50
<=50
>50
<=50
i called these vales using xlsread and i ger
raw=
'>50'
'<=50'
'<=50'
'>50'
'<=50'
now i want to count how many values are in >50,<=50

Best Answer

Do you mean the file contains literal strings, and you want to know how many of each string occurs? If so, then
sum( strcmp('>50', raw) )