MATLAB: Split a string with “no delimiters”

Question

i am trying to spit a string, please help

I have a file name "yellow08car.data". I am trying to parse out the "car" from the string, but i'm unable. I have used this code to parse out the words into chunks

z = 'yellow08car.data'
[m] = regexp(z,'\w*','match')
m = 
  'yellow08car'    'data'
so, m{1,1} is yellow08car

I just want the "car". The length of the word after the number (car, boat, truck,vehicle) changes but the location remains the same, after a number and before a period.

so how can i parse a string within these delimiters,

Thanks for any reply

Answer 1

a='yellow08car'
b=regexp(a,'\d*','split')
out=b{2}

%or

a='yellow08car.data'
b=regexp(a,'[\d.]','split')
out=b{end-1}