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+%% Copyright (c) 2011 Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
+%%
+%% This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+%% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+%% any later version.
+%%
+%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+%% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%%
+%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+%% along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+function strPath = getSVGstrPath(svg)
+
+ [s e te strPath] = regexpi(svg,'<[ ]*path(?:(?!/>).)*/>');
+
+end