separating numbers in cells

I have a matrices like :

1-8 7-1 8-4

4-6 8-5 7-3

I want to separate it as two matrices.

first matrix :

1 7 8

4 8 7

second matrix:

8 1 4

6 5 3

How can I do that?

Thank you

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Assuming that you have a cell array of character vectors:

C = {'1-8','7-1','8-4';'4-6','8-5','7-3'}

C = 2×3 cell array
    {'1-8'}    {'7-1'}    {'8-4'}
    {'4-6'}    {'8-5'}    {'7-3'}

D = split(C,'-');
A = str2double(D(:,:,1))

A = 2×3

1 7 8 4 8 7

B = str2double(D(:,:,2))

B = 2×3

8 1 4 6 5 3

[Berfin Çetinkaya]

Thank u !

Answer 2

[David Hill]

Do you mean a cell array like this?

a={'1-8','7-1','8-4';'4-6','8-5','7-3'};
m=zeros(size(a));n=zeros(size(a));
for k=1:numel(a)
    m(k)=str2double(a{k}(1));
    n(k)=str2double(a{k}(3));
end