part of file name

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ayman mounir
ayman mounir on 18 Jul 2019
Commented: ayman mounir on 19 Jul 2019
If I have a file name such as ' Hello_World_2020 ', I want to take the part between the underscores ' world ', how I would do that.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 18 Jul 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson on 18 Jul 2019
s = 'Hello_World_2020';
c = regexp(s, '_', 'split') ;
c{2}
You can also use strsplit() instead of regexp. On the other hand, strsplit() invokes regexp internally.
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Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 19 Jul 2019
"If I write s=Hello_World_year_2020. the answer would be 'Hallo_year'. what I should modify?"
@ayman, it's not clear what rules you're following.
  • "Hello_World_2020" --> "World": This removes everything before and after the underscores, including the underscores.
  • "Hello_World_year_2020" --> "Hello_year": This doesnt' follow that rule.
I think Walter's solution will come in handy but you'll need to explain the rule you're following.
ayman mounir
ayman mounir on 19 Jul 2019
clear, thanks

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Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 18 Jul 2019
s = 'Hello_World_2020';
c = regexp(s,'_(.*)_','tokens');
c = c{1}{1};
c =
'World'
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ayman mounir
ayman mounir on 19 Jul 2019
It is really helpful, thank a lot

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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 18 Jul 2019
s=' Hello_World_2020 ';
[~,Wanted]=regexp(s,'_(.*)_','match','tokens');
Wanted{:}
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ayman mounir
ayman mounir on 19 Jul 2019
Thanks, It is really helpful, woudl mind to explain how the exprsion works. for exmaple If I write s=Hello_World_year_2020. the answer would be 'Hallo_year'. what I should modify?
Regards
madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 19 Jul 2019
As Adam commented , I had the same thoughts too straight away.

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Jan
Jan on 19 Jul 2019
s = ' Hello_World_2020 '
c = strsplit(s, '_')
c{2}

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