Select specific digits of a number

How can I select specific parts of a number?

For example if we have x=953, I want to select specifically the first digit (or the last two) and save it in another variable, so the outcome would be y=9 (or y=53)

Thanks

Answer 1

[Evgeny Pr]

x = 953
d = 100
r = mod(x, d)   % 53
y = (x - r) / d % y = 9

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

x=953
y=num2str(x)
out=str2num(y(1))

[Bilal Almulaabd]

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[ushara Duldeniya vidanage]

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[Rafael Rodríguez]

thanks!

[Siddh]

You are my savior

[Monib]

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Answer 3

[Thorsten]

x = 953;
s = num2str(x);
y1 = sscanf(s(1), '%d')
y2 = sscanf(s(2:end), '%d')

Answer 4

[Petorr]

c = 123.45

c = 123.4500

for d = [0.01 0.1 1 10 100]
    round( (mod(c,10*d)-mod(c,d))/d )
end

ans = 5

ans = 4

ans = 3

ans = 2

ans = 1

[round() is needed because of binary precision]

[Walter Roberson]

Note that this fails if the original number is negative. You need to work with abs() of the number.

c = -123.45

c = -123.4500

for d = [0.01 0.1 1 10 100]
    round( (mod(c,10*d)-mod(c,d))/d )
end

ans = 5

ans = 5

ans = 6

ans = 7

ans = 8