find specific text in a text file

Hi

In the text file below, I want to obtain everything between "|[" and "]|".

system

component1 |[ b,a,d, w,e,r ]| component2

endsystem

so the output is : b,a,d, w,e,r

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[Srivardhan Gadila]

Please refer to the functions fileread & regexp.

Let's assume that the following content

"system

component1 |[ b,a,d, w,e,r ]| component2

endsystem"

is in a text file named textFile.txt then the following code might help you:

textChar = fileread("textFile.txt");
startIndex = regexp(textChar,'|[');
endIndex = regexp(textChar,']|');
requiredOutput = textChar(startIndex+1:endIndex-2)

[amin]

Thanks