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Syntax
x = str2num('str')
Description
x = str2num('str')
converts the string str, which is an ASCII character representation of a numeric value, to MATLAB's numeric representation. The string can contain:
e preceding a power of 10 scale factor
i indicating a complex or imaginary number.
str2num function can also convert string matrices.
Examples
str2num('3.14159e0') is approximately 
.
To convert a string matrix:
str2num(['1 2';'3 4'])
ans =
1 2
3 4
See Also
The special characters[] and ;
hex2num, num2str, sparse, sscanf