Delete letters in a string variable

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Hi,
for instance, string variables are '2456.00A', '2501A',...
How can I delete letters in a string variable?
Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Sullivan
Jonathan Sullivan on 31 May 2013
To detect which charectors are letters, you can use the function isletter. Then just simply delete the ones that are letters
Example:
yourString = '2456.00A';
deleteMe = isletter(yourString); % Detect which ones are letters
yourString(deleteMe) = []; % Delete the letters
disp(yourString) % Display the result

More Answers (1)

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 31 May 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 31 May 2013
s={'2456.00A', '2501A'};
out=cellfun(@(x) x(regexp(x,'[^a-zA-Z]')),s,'un',0)

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