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Matlab RegEx for specific string pattern

I'm working with the following file addresses format:

/A/B/C/D/foo/bar

I want to come up with a regular expression in Matlab that will return the last word in the adress. In this case I want the word "bar". What would be the regular expression?

Solution

  • If you're just trying to get the file name from the full file path, you can use fileparts rather than a regex:

    >> [path,name,ext] = fileparts('/A/B/C/D/foo/bar')
path = /A/B/C/D/foo
name = bar
ext =

    If bar has an extension, then it would be:

    >> [path,name,ext] = fileparts('/A/B/C/D/foo/bar.txt')
path = /A/B/C/D/foo
name = bar
ext = .txt
>> nameext = [name ext]
nameext = bar.txt