How to strrep only certain strings

I have a cell array with values like e-.00085 and 8.5e-4. I am trying to replace the 'e' with nothing '' in the value with the leading e, while leaving the scientific notation e alone.

x = ['e-.00085';'8.5e-4'];
strrep(x,'e','');
desired_final_ans = ['-.00085';'8.5e-4'];

Is there a way to determine in an if statement whether the cell begins with an 'e'?

[Stephen23]

Duplicate:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1566536-how-to-replace-only-one-instance-in-a-certain-string

[Bruno Luong]

The questions are not the same strickly speaking.

Answer 1

[Bruno Luong]

x = {'e-.00085';'8.5e-4'}

x = 2×1 cell array
    {'e-.00085'}
    {'8.5e-4'  }

regexprep(x, '^e', '')

ans = 2×1 cell array
    {'-.00085'}
    {'8.5e-4' }

Answer 2

[KSSV]

x = {'e-.00085';'8.5e-4'};
y = strrep(x,'e','')

y = 2×1 cell array
    {'-.00085'}
    {'8.5-4'  }