how to write a character from a string?

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Arman Kam
Arman Kam on 2 Feb 2013
Hi I didn't use commands for strings in matlab so i have a word like 'displacement22' and i want to write '22' from this string, so what would i do?

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 2 Feb 2013
s = 'displacement22' % Your string.
theNumber = sscanf(s, 'displacement%d') % Extract the number.

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 2 Feb 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 2 Feb 2013
s='displacement22' ;
out=s(regexp(s ,'[0-9]'))
%or
out=s(regexp(s ,'\d'))

Jan
Jan on 2 Feb 2013
s = 'displacement22';
s = strrep(s, 'displacement', '');

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