regexp to match certain words in a string

I have a string which looks like this

ternaryMassDensity{Xmole(1)=0.0Xmole(2)=1.0rho(1)=2343rho(2)=2343}ThermalConductivity{Xmole(1)=0.0Xmole(2)=1.0kappa(1)=3,2,13,...,2kappa(2)=2,1,11,...,3Tref=...}ElectricalConductivity{sigma0=1e5Tref=300}Mobility{Xmole(1)

I need to match the words like MassDensity, Mobility, ThermalConductivity etc.,

Can anyone tell me how I can do this using regexp, or any other way which might be easier.

Answer 1

[Jacob Halbrooks]

Looking at your string, I see parameter value pairs in the pattern of Param{Value}Param{Value}. If that is the case, then a regular expression can pull these out using the code below (note that I added a closing curly bracket to your string):

>> pvRawString =  'ternaryMassDensity{Xmole(1)=0.0Xmole(2)=1.0rho(1)=2343rho(2)=2343}ThermalConductivity{Xmole(1)=0.0Xmole(2)=1.0kappa(1)=3,2,13,...,2kappa(2)=2,1,11,...,3Tref=...}ElectricalConductivity{sigma0=1e5Tref=300}Mobility{Xmole(1)}';
>> pvs = regexp(pvRawString, '(?<Parameter>\w+){(?<Value>.*?)}','names');
>> pvs(1)

 ans = 

     Parameter: 'ternaryMassDensity'
         Value: 'Xmole(1)=0.0Xmole(2)=1.0rho(1)=2343rho(2)=2343'

The "pvs" variable above is a struct array of length 4, one for each parameter/value pair found. Note that the regular expression above will fail if curly brackets are nested within the parameter value.

[Ajay]

actually I tried but it returns a 12x1struct with each cell containing items like 1x1struct.

[Ajay]

actually you have the exact idea.

[Ajay]

actually I found what I was looking for thanks for your help. Really appreciated.

Answer 2

[Jos (10584)]

Here is how:

    WORDS = {'MassDensity', 'Mobility', 'ThermalConductivity'}
    IDX = regexp(str, WORDS)
    % IDX{k} holds all the start indices for the word WORDS{k}

But what is the next step?