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I am trying to find a way to extract text in a specific and efficient way
as in this example:
'Hello Mr. Jack Andrew , your number is 894Gfsf , and your Bank ID # 734234"
I want a way to get the Name, the Number and the Bank ID Number.
I want to write software that deals with different text files and get those required values. I may not know the exact order but it must be a template like a bank statement or something.
Thanks!

Answer 1

It's a bit hard to understand what exactly is the problem.. If all you need to do is to split strings, here's a possible way to do it:
str = 'Hello Mr. Jack Andrew , your number is 894Gfsf , and your Bank ID # 734234';
tokenized = strsplit(str,' ');
Name = strjoin([tokenized(3:4)],' ');
Number = tokenized{9};
Account = tokenized{end};
Alternatively, for splitting you could use regexp(...,'split') or regexp(...,'tokens');

Answer 2

I think you want regular expressions for this. Here's an example:
str = 'Hello Mr. Jack Andrew , your number is 894Gfsf , and your Bank ID # 734234';
matches=regexp(str, 'your number is (\w+).*Bank ID # (\d+)', 'tokens');
matches{1}
ans =
'894Gfsf' '734234'
My suggestion would be to make a whole array of strings with sample patterns that you want to match, then build a set of regular expressions that collectively match all of your samples. Try each regexp in sequence until you find one that matches.
To do this, you will need to learn about regular expressions.