How to separate numbers and text from a string

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Hello,
i have string variable s = 'x 5.67 y 7.789';
i would like to read only numbers from the string.
requesting you to help me, how to separate numbers and text from the string.
Thanks & Regards Venkatapathi.P

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 28 Jan 2014
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 28 Jan 2014
s = 'x 5.67 y 7.789'
out=str2double(regexp(s,'[\d.]+','match'))
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Bhupinder Saini
Bhupinder Saini on 5 Sep 2018
How do you alter this to return the characters only in the string?
i.e. x.h y g j
Nader Virk
Nader Virk on 25 Feb 2022
For string s, I appreciate if someone could help how to get only the chracters? Thanks!

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