Selecting a specific part in a string array

Hello everone,

I want to wrtie a function that will separate first and last names at the input data. Input data is 30x1 cell array. It contains name and surname information. I try "split" function but some people has 2 or more names, so matlab gives size error. How can i fix it? My function as follows:

    function seperation
        strg = a1(:,1);
        strg_cell=table2cell(strg);
        i=1;
        while i<31
            x3(i,:)=split(strg_cell(i,1),' ');
            i=i+1;
        end
        
    end

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

@Cem Eren Aslan, try this. It will also work if there are 4 or more words in the person's name.

inputCellArray = {'Cem Eren Aslan', 'Steven MVP', 'ImageAnalyst'};
numCells = length(inputCellArray);
namesCellArray = cell(numCells, 3);
for k = 1 : length(inputCellArray)
    thisCellContents = inputCellArray{k};
    words = strsplit(thisCellContents);
    for w = 1 : length(words)
        namesCellArray{k, w} = words{w};
    end
end
namesCellArray

namesCellArray = 3×3 cell array
    {'Cem'         }    {'eren'    }    {'Aslan'   }
    {'Steven'      }    {'MVP'     }    {0×0 double}
    {'ImageAnalyst'}    {0×0 double}    {0×0 double}

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

tmp = split(strg_cell(i,1));
x3(i,:) = tmp([1,end]);

The MATLAB approach would be to use a simple FOR loop, rather than painfully incrementing in a WHILE loop as if this was C++.