MATLAB: Delete specific rows from character array

delete the characterdelete the row

I have this matrix:
A =
    '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba870;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba875;'
    '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'
    '*8da9b9e358ab00090ed69ae2d795;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba870;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba87f;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba87f;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba876;'
    '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba876;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba876;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba876;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba877;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba877;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba877;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba877;'
    '*5da9b9e30ba877;'
    '*8da9b9e358ab07a2d55cf4e40e32;'
    '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'
I want to write a code to delete the asterisk(*) and semicolon(;) as the first and last characters of each row. I also want to define a new matrix in which I desire to only have the rows with the long number of characters, e.g. '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'. I appreciate your help.

Best Answer

Using the regular expression, it can be done easily, like:
A ={'*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba870;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba875;',...
  '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;',...
  '*8da9b9e358ab00090ed69ae2d795;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba870;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba87f;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba87f;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba876;',...
  '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba876;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba876;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba876;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba877;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba877;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba877;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba877;',...
  '*5da9b9e30ba877;',...
  '*8da9b9e358ab07a2d55cf4e40e32;',...
  '*8da9b9e39909762fb8044bfc9b90;'};
% Delete first '*' character
A1 = regexprep(A,'^\*','');
% Delete last ';' character
A2 = regexprep(A,'\;$','');
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