how to display a word in a format

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i have a word... i want to delete the last three alphabets of the word... what shud i do... also if the word has any underscore or full stop it should also be deleted.... please do reply...
if the word is "matlab_ans.wer" it should display "matlab ans" if the word is "matlab_ask_a_question" it should display
"matlab ask a quest"
that is delete "wer" and "ion" and insert a space in place of underscore and just delete the full stop if any...
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Elysi Cochin
Elysi Cochin on 5 Dec 2012
sorry sir i thot of writing it as a full question... sorry sir...
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 5 Dec 2012
In such cases, edit instead of starting a new question.

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Jonathan Epperl
Jonathan Epperl on 4 Dec 2012
Strings are pretty much like vectors, simply get rid of the last 3 entries:
s = s(1:end-3);
As for the rest, have a look at strrep and/or regexprep.

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