Complicated Question / String Arrays

Hey Guys, i have an array of strings which looks like this:

'J_012(105)'    'J_013(106)'    'J_014(107)'    'J_015(2)'  J_016(94)'    'J_017(95)'

But I need it to look like this:

 'J_012'    'J_013'    'J_014'    'J_015'    'J_016'    'J_017'

So That the ALWAYS the last 4Strings are deleted/kill. Is this possible ?

Answer 1

[dpb]

new= cellfun(@(x) x(1:5),old,'uniformoutput',false);

[Max Müller]

Thanks..both ways wokr

[dpb]

If the pattern isn't fixed length, then regexp is useful; if it is then it's overkill...good to see both

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

A={'J_012(105)'    'J_013(106)'    'J_014(107)'    'J_015(2)'  'J_016(94)'    'J_017(95)'} 
B=cellfun(@(x) x{1} ,regexp(A,'.+(?=\()','match'),'un',0)

[Max Müller]

Thanks..both ways work