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<H2>STR2NUM Convert a String to a Number
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Section: <A HREF=sec_io.html> Input/Ouput Functions </A>
<H3>Usage</H3>
Converts a string to a number. The general syntax for its use
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x = str2num(string)
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Here <code>string</code> 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. Note that by definition, <code>str2num</code> is entirely
equivalent to <code>eval(['[' string ']'],[])</code> with all of the
associated problems where <code>string</code> contains text that causes
side effects.
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