Finding a series of numbers in a cell

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Good day,
I have the following cell called "c"
c = {'Conc_510_Y2_Asym_27730_AuditoryOddball'
'Conc_510_Y2_Asym_27730_GoNoGo'
'Conc_510_Y2_Baseline_27855_AuditoryOddball'
'Conc_510_Y2_Baseline_27855_GoNoGo'
'Conc_510_Y2_Mid_27632_AuditoryOddball'
'Conc_510_Y2_Mid_27632_GoNoGo'
'27135_AuditoryOddball'
'27260_AuditoryOddball'
'27325_AuditoryOddball'
'27459_AuditoryOddball'
'27430_AuditoryOddball'
'27430_GoNoGo'
'TS#27371'
'TS#27430'
'TS#27487'
'TS#27636'
'TS#27708'
'TS#27391'
'TS#27419'
'TS#27623'
'TS#27647'
'TS#25658'
'TS#25707'
'TS#25897'
'TS#27059'
'TS#27143'
'TS#27589'
'TS#27631'
'TS#27762'
'TS#27797'
'TS#25762'
'TS#27204'
'TS#27253'
'TS#27274'
'25874'
'TS#27075'
'TS#27131'
'TS#27167'
'TS#27345'
'TS#27489'
'TS#27516'
'TS#27518'
'TS#27732'
'27090_AuditoryOddball'
'27268_AuditoryOddball'
'Other - TS#27505'
'Other - TS#27775 - Other'
'Other -TS#27423'
'TS#27021 - Baseline'
'TS#27091'
'TS#27315 -Asym'
'TS#27475'
'TS#27484'
'TS#27642'
'TS#27665'
'TS#27759'
'TS#25672'
'TS#25843'
'TS#27156'
'TS#27279'
'TS#27314'
'TS#27404'
'TS#27407'
'TS#27617'
'TS#27688'
'TS#27856'
'27558_AuditoryOddball'
'27702_AuditoryOddball'
'27714_AuditoryOddball'
'27745_AuditoryOddball'
'27798_AuditoryOddball'
'Other Files'
'27433_AuditoryOddball'
'27547_AuditoryOddball'
'27588_AuditoryOddball'
'27474_AuditoryOddball'
'27523_AuditoryOddball'
'27705_AuditoryOddball'
'Other Files'
'TS#27076'
'TS#27138'
'TS#27275'
'TS#27537'
'27336_AuditoryOddball'
'27533_AuditoryOddball'
'27614_AuditoryOddball'
'27669_AuditoryOddball'
'27862_AuditoryOddball'
'Other Files'
'27335_AuditoryOddball'
'27445_AuditoryOddball'
'27467_AuditoryOddbal'
'27683_AuditoryOdddball'
'27755_AuditoryOddball'}
I am trying to extract the series of 5 numbers from the cell and store it into an array. Such that the results from the first 5 results would be
[27730;
27730;
27855;
27855;
27632;]
I know that I can use @cellfun to scan if there is a specific number within a cell
find(cell2mat(c)==2)
However, this method won't work here. I would appreciate any guidance/help.
Thanks,
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 15 Aug 2017
Whatever you posted on some third party website, paste here instead.
To get the results from the k'th cell of the cell array, use braces:
cellContents = c{k}; % Extract k'th cell into double array.
Patrick
Patrick on 15 Aug 2017
My apologies, changes made accordingly

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Guillaume
Guillaume on 15 Aug 2017
Edited: Guillaume on 15 Aug 2017
It's not clear exactly what pattern you're looking for. The following will work for your first five numbers:
str2double(regexp(yourcellarray, '\d+(?=[^0-9]*$)', 'match', 'once'))
but so would many other patterns which would produce different results for the rest of the array.
Note: rather than using an external service, paste an excerpt of your cell array into your question.
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Patrick
Patrick on 15 Aug 2017
I removed the pastebin link. This worked perfectly and is just what I needed.
Thank you!

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