Split a table into columns with different delimiters

I used textscan to split a table into columns. But i need to use different delimiters for different places. For example:

str = '1,2,3,(one,5),(two,6,co)'

and i want it to be split as

{1},{2},{3},{(one,5)},{(two,6,co)}

The problem is the last two elements contain commas. If i use textscan, these commas in parenthesis will be counted as well. Any help is appreciated!

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

post how your data are stored

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

This isn’t exactly what you asked for, but it’s close:

str='1,2,3,(one,5),(two,6,co)';
out1 = regexp(str, '\(|\)', 'split');
out2 = regexp(out1{1}, ',', 'split');
out = {out2{1:end-1} out1{[2 end-1]}}

out = 
    '1'    '2'    '3'    'one,5'    'two,6,co'