MATLAB: Read pre-formated text file

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hello dears . i must read a text file such this :
person01_boxing_d1    frames  1-95, 96-185, 186-245, 246-360
person01_boxing_d2    frames  1-106, 107-195, 196-265, 305-390
person01_boxing_d3    frames  1-95, 96-230, 231-360, 361-465
person01_boxing_d4    frames  1-106, 107-170, 171-245, 246-370
person01_handclapping_d1  frames  1-102, 103-182, 183-260, 261-378
person01_handclapping_d2  frames  1-162, 163-282, 358-472, 473-550
person01_handclapping_d3  frames  1-125, 126-225, 226-330, 331-428
person01_handclapping_d4  frames  1-110, 111-216, 217-292, 293-390
————————————- i need this information
person 01 _ boxing _d 1 frames 1 – 95 , 96 – 185 , 186 – 245 , 246 – 360
i.e :
01 boxing 1 1 95 96 185 186 245 246 360
i can not read all information because action types (e.g boxing , handclapping , ..) have different length . please help me . thank you for your time .

Best Answer

>> s='person01_boxing_d1    frames  1-95, 96-185, 186-245, 246-360';
>> fmt=['person%2d%sd%d frames ' repmat('%d-%d',1,4)];
>> a=textscan(s,fmt,'collectoutput',1,'delimiter','_,')
a = 
  [1]    {1x1 cell}    [1x9 int32]
>> a{:}
ans =
         1
ans = 
  'boxing'
ans =
         1           1          95          96         185         186         245         246         360
>> s='person01_handclapping_d2  frames  1-162, 163-282, 358-472, 473-550';
>> b=textscan(s,fmt,'collectoutput',1,'delimiter','_,')
b = 
  [1]    {1x1 cell}    [1x9 int32]
>> b{:}
ans =
         1
ans = 
  'handclapping'
ans =
         2           1         162         163         282         358         472         473         550
>>
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