MATLAB: Finding specific phrases within a cell array (1)

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Greetings,
I am working with a total of nine(9) text strings within nine(9) cell ( {9×1} )
and I am trying to take specific sentences of the text strings.
For example, one text string says:
 EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET.
I am trying to divide these two sentences in two structured variables under the name Today.
 Today.Winds = EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS
 Today.Waves = SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET
The 9 different strings represents the 7 days of the week, plus today and night forecast, resulting in 9 different strings
The other strings outputs would go like this:
 Tonight.Winds = EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 14 KNOTS
 Tonight.Waves = SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET
 Monday.Winds = EAST WINDS 14 TO 19 KNOTS
 Monday.Waves = SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET
I was thinking of telling MATLAB to break when he reaches the first dot and imprint the string as Today.wind, then continue till the next dot, break and imprint it as Today.waves.
How can I do this?
Thank you for your time.

Best Answer

See 'strtok' as one possible solutions. For example:
celltxt{1} = 'EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET.';
[tok, rem] = strtok(celltxt{1}, '.');
Tonight.Winds = tok;
Tonight.Waves = rem(3:end-1); % removing first two and last character
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