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/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/base2dec.m
/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/bin2dec.m
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/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/findstr.m
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/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/strcat.m
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/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/strrep.m
/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/strsplit.m
/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/strtok.m
/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/strtrim.m
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/usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/strings/validatestring.m