Thread Subject: split function in matlab?

Does matlab have something like a split function to split a string as follows into 2 numbers?

For example, the string may be str = '1..1419', and i want num1=1, num2=1419
or the string may be str = '15455..15997' and the resulting num1 = 15455, num2=15997

"Arthur Zheng" <hzheng7@gatech.edu> wrote in message <h3fjq4$ftg$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Does matlab have something like a split function to split a string as follows into 2 numbers?
>
> For example, the string may be str = '1..1419', and i want num1=1, num2=1419
> or the string may be str = '15455..15997' and the resulting num1 = 15455, num2=15997

help STRREAD

str = '15455..15997'
N = strread(str,'%n','delimiter','.')

Jos

Dear Arthur Zheng!

> Does matlab have something like a split function to split a string as follows into 2 numbers?
>
> For example, the string may be str = '1..1419', and i want num1=1, num2=1419
> or the string may be str = '15455..15997' and the resulting num1 = 15455, num2=15997

[Num1, Num2] = strtok('15455..15997', '.');
Num2(findstr(Num2, '.')) = [];

Nevertheless, this is not compact. If FINDSTR is called at all, it can be used to find the delimiter directly:
  Str = '15455..15997';
  Ind = findstr(Str, '..');
  Num1 = Str(1:Ind-1);
  Num2 = Str(Ind+2:end);
This method has the advantage, that it is not confused by a single dot.

Good luck, Jan

"Arthur Zheng" <hzheng7@gatech.edu> wrote in message <h3fjq4$ftg$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Does matlab have something like a split function to split a string as follows into 2 numbers?
>
> For example, the string may be str = '1..1419', and i want num1=1, num2=1419
> or the string may be str = '15455..15997' and the resulting num1 = 15455, num2=15997

a hint:

     help strread;
     help sscanf;
     help regexp; % <- look at the SPLIT option...

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