Code to extract information from the text

[shalmali]

Thanks a lot Arthur for the code. Also I appreciate for explaining the code.

[Tal]

hey Arthur,

can you please explain this:

x=find(biography,'.',-1*(length(strip(biography))-2));

Thanks

[art297]

: It is setting the value x to equal the position (from left to right) where a period exists, starting from a position 2 less than the end of the string being held in the variable biography, less any spaces that may exist in that field.

I.e., it didn't want to find the period at the end of the string but, rather, the period at the end of the preceding string.  That way, the variable last could be created that would contain everything from the period at the end of the 2nd to last string, up to the end of the string that was captured in the biography variable.  In short, the last sentence (the one containing the degree information).

[Tal]

thanks