How to access induvidual elements in a string

I have a many strings of format "xhrs ymin".

where x and y are numbers

i want to store x and y in separate integers.

how do i do it?

[madhan ravi]

Is your array datetime? If yes look into hms()

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

The simplest and most efficient solution is to use sscanf:

>> S = '23hrs 45min';
>> V = sscanf(S,'%fhrs%fmin')
V =
   23
   45