MATLAB: How to extract the contents of a numbered list within an array

importing data

How can I extract the contents of a numbered list within an array? The list contents are of differing lengths. For example, I would like to extract the following 1×5 array
{h4 e5, c3 g5, b3 Nh6, g4 d5, Ba3 Qd6}
from the following 1×1 array
{1. h4 e5 2. c3 g5 3. b3 Nh6 4. g4 d5 5. Ba3 Qd6}
? I have tried with delimiters in import data, but there doesn't seem to be a delimiter that can handle this array.

Best Answer

>> c={'1. h4 e5 2. c3 g5 3. b3 Nh6 4. g4 d5 5. Ba3 Qd6'};
>> textscan(char(c),'%*s%s%s','collectoutput',1)
ans = 
  {5x2 cell}
>> ans{:}
ans = 
  'h4'     'e5' 
  'c3'     'g5' 
  'b3'     'Nh6'
  'g4'     'd5' 
  'Ba3'    'Qd6'
>>
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