function i = getVarIndex(ts,name)

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% AUTHOR(S) stephane DOT adjemian AT univ DASH lemans DOT fr

switch size(name,1)
  case 0
    error('dynSeries::getVarIndex: Second input argument is empty!');
  case 1
    i = strmatch(deblank(name),ts.name,'exact');
    if isempty(i)
        i = 0;
    end
  otherwise
    i = NaN(size(name,1))
    for j = 1:size(name,1)
        i(j) = strmatch(deblank(name(j,:)),ts.name,'exact');
        if isempty(i)
            i(j) = 0;
        end
    end
end