extract numbers from cell array

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hello!
i have this cell array wich may have many cells,and not only three as here.
A = {'jdldi'; 'jdks5.4555h'; 'f67'}
i want to extract only the numbers,and show them as one number
for this example i want the result to be 5.455567
any help please?
Thank you very much!
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alex
alex on 10 May 2014
in the first cell:no numbers
in the second cell:5.4555
in the third cell:67
so,i want to merge all the numbers from every cell and take the number 5.455567

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Accepted Answer

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 10 May 2014
A = {'jdldi'; 'jdks5.4555h'; 'f67'}
b=regexp(A,'\d+(\.)?(\d+)?','match')
out=str2double([b{:}])
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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 10 May 2014
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 10 May 2014
A = {'jdldi'; 'jdks5.4555h'; 'f67'}
b=regexp(A,'\d+(\.)?(\d+)?','match')
out=strjoin([b{:}],'')
alex
alex on 10 May 2014
thank you very much Azzi! have a nice day!

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More Answers (2)

Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov on 10 May 2014
A1 = regexp(A,'[\d*\.]*\d*','match')
A2 = [A1{:}]
out = str2double(strcat(A2{:}))

Jan
Jan on 10 May 2014
Edited: Jan on 18 May 2014
A simple version:
A = {'jdldi'; 'jdks5.4555h'; 'f67'}
S = cat(2, A{:});
S(isletter(S)) = [];
The simpler the code, the less chances to insert a bug.
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Sebastian Lopez
Sebastian Lopez on 19 Apr 2023
Thanks Jan! I wasn't aware of the isletter function

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