How to convert comma-separated string to cell array of strings in matlab

Question

I have following string

'A, B, C, D'

from which I want to make a cell array such as

{ 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D' }

How would I be able to do this in Matlab?

Jonas · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 14:22:09Z

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Here's a solution that will cut up the string at commas, semicolons, or white spaces, and that will work for strings of any length

string = 'A, BB, C'

tmp = regexp(string,'([^ ,:]*)','tokens');
out = cat(2,tmp{:})


out = 

    'A'    'BB'    'C'

answered May 10, 2012 at 14:22

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H.Muster · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10 14:14:49Z

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For your specific example try:

cellstr(strread('A, B, C, D','%c,'))'

answered May 10, 2012 at 14:14

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frankli22586 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-24 02:29:30Z

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a more simple way: t1 = strsplit('A, B, C, D', ',');

answered Dec 24, 2013 at 2:29

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