how to remove a column from a character matrix?

suppose

x= 1001
   1001  (x is a character matrix)
i want y=100
         100 (last column is removed)

Answer 1

[KSSV]

x= '1001 1001' ;
idx = strfind(x,' ') ;  % get space position
x(idx-1) = [] ;
x(end) = []

[aditya kumar sahu]

u r code is working if i put all rows in a single row.but for 2 row it is fine if i have number of rows.then how to do

[KSSV]

x= ['1001' ;
    '1001'] ;
x(:,end) =[]

[aditya kumar sahu]

Thank you its worked

Answer 2

[Guillaume]

You remove the last column of any matrix, regardless of what type of data it contains, even characters, the same way with:

yourmatrix(:, end) = [];

Unless what you call a character matrix is not a character matrix actually. A character matrix would be:

x = ['1001';'0110'];  %for example

[aditya kumar sahu]

Dear guillaume thank you,.. but it is not working it is showing empty matrix