How to remove a bracketed number from a cell array while leaving the number in front of it alone

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Hi, I have a cell array called "mycellarray" with the following types of strings in it: 24[13]
The [13] in this case is a reference to a footnote and I want to remove the [13] and just have the number 24 left. How do I use a regular expression to remove "[13]" or any footnote i.e. [3] from the number.
Example of the contents of the cell array
13.4[5]
24[11]
56.99[23]
22[4]
I want to remove all the bracketed values along with the number inside the brackets and just have the double number in front kept in the cell array Thank you for your help.. Bob

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 11 Nov 2018
newstring = regexprep(oldstring, '\[\d+\]', '') ;

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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 11 Nov 2018
Edited: madhan ravi on 11 Nov 2018
mycellarray={'24[13]'}
regexprep(mycellarray, '\[(.*?)\]', '$1') %edited after sir Walter's comment
or
A='13.4[5] 24[11] 56.99[23] 22[4]'
A(A=='[') = [];
% Remove any and all right brackets.
A(A==']') = []

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