Using load command with regexp

Hi, I'd like to load only variables from a mat file that start with an upper case M followed by exactly 2 lower case letters. I've tried the following:

load(matFile,'-regexp','M[a-z]{2}')

but I get all variables with at least 2 lower case letters behind the M. For example, I get 'Mab', but I also get 'Mabc'.

I've tried many other regular expression patterns, but can't figure this out. Is this a bug in Matlab's regexp parser?

Thanks, -mcd

[per isakson]

Try

'\<M[a-z]{2}\>'

and see Anchors, Anchors in the expression match the beginning or end of the input text or word

[Michael]

That did the trick. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

load('matFile','-regexp','M[a-z]{2}$')