How can I use strsplit, or something similar, in version 2012a?

Is there a way to update my version of Matlab? I am using the student version 2012a which has been working fine up until I need to use strsplit. Alternately is there a way to do something similar in an older version?

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

a='abc def ghi'
b=regexp(a,'\s+','split')

Or

b=regexp(a,'\S+','match')

[Stephen23]

upol's "Answer" moved here:

i cannot use regexp for matlab c coder. is there any other alternative