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STR2NUM Convert a String to a Number

Usage

Converts a string to a number. The general syntax for its use is

  x = str2num(string)

Here string is the data string, which contains the data to be converted into a number. The output is in double precision, and must be typecasted to the appropriate type based on what you need.



2004-10-09