How i can reading character letter by letter

i have this variable x='123.56.128.117' as a char and i want to save each part that divided by '.' in a different variable. the problem is the size of each part is not fixed that why i face a problem. could you help me pls is there a function that can read the character and when it find '.' save or return size

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

You can use regexp:

>> X = regexp('123.56.128.117','\.','split')
X =
 123
 56
 128
 117

Answer 2

[Shruti Sapre]

Hi Gaseb,

Here are two functions that may help achieve the required result:

1. Using "strsplit":

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/strsplit.html

2. Using "strtok"

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/strtok.html

Hope this helps!

-Shruti

Answer 3

[Gaseb Alotibi]

Thank you very much ur suggestion has solved the probleb

many thanks