Convert array of comma separated strings in cells to matrix

Wordy, I know, but here's the short story.
I have a cell matrix like this:
Arr = {
'0,2,3'
'1,4,5'
'2,6,7'
};
that I need converted to numeric values, preferably in a matrix like this:
Mat = [
0 2 3;
1 4 5;
2 6 7;
];
The array is tens of thousands of lines long. I am currently using brute force to go line by line and convert each cell to a vector using strsplit and concatenating each row onto the bottom of Mat. Can anybody offer a better suggestion?
Here's the big picture if it helps:
I have a log file like this:
crap
crap
crap
HeaderCol1,HeaderCol2
0,4
1,5
2,6
3,7
crap
crap
HeaderCol1,HeaderCol2,HeaderCol3
0,1,2
1,2,3
2,3,4
3,4,5
crap
I need to import and plot the larger block of data and smaller block separately.
any help is appreciated and thank you.

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Looks like you got some answers here that you liked. Would be good if you accepted one of them so that others, like me would get pointed to the one you would suggest using.

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Answers (4)

Arr = {
'0,2,3'
'1,4,5'
'2,6,7'};
Str = sprintf('%s,', Arr{:});
Num = sscanf(Str, '%g,', [3, inf]).';

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I signed in just to thank you for this answer you gave, in delimiting comma spaced cell matrices. I've been struggling for hours, trying to breakup a cell matrix that had put all its data into 1 column, when it should have been 3 columns.
works great, Really helped me. Thanks alot.

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Mat = cell2mat(cellfun(@str2num,Arr,'uniform',0));

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It worked well.
Thank you so much Walter Roberson. Your comment helped me a lot. Thank you

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Arr = {
'0,2,3'
'1,4,5'
'2,6,7'
};
T = regexprep(Arr,',','');
Brr = cell2mat(arrayfun(@(x)T{x}-'0',(1:numel(T))','un',0))
1.Choose cell array on the workspace
2.Right click and copy contents
3. Paste between brackets
Array = [ ]
4.Array is a numeric array

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on 21 Jun 2017

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