Parse a string between two similar expression

I am writing a program that basically aim to parse the word between to similar expression and store a word in a cell array.

I want to use

regexp to math the two expression and only return and store the word in between the two expressions. any suggestions

[matchedExpression, parsedWord] = regexp (text, [& nbsp;'\w*' & nbsp;], 'split');

Example:

text= '$ nbsp;words& nbsp;'

I want to get the words

output= words
Thanx

[Matt Kindig]

Can you provide an example illustrating what you are trying to do?

[KnowledgeSeeker]

Thank you. I have edited my question

Answer 1

[per isakson]

lookaround seems to suite your need.

    text = '$ nbsp;words& nbsp;';
    cac = regexp( text, '(?<=\$ nbsp;).+?(?=\& nbsp;)', 'match' );

returns {'words'}

If "words" stands for more than one word and you want to 'split' them, do that in a second step.