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Re: Conversion of text into Mathematica expressions

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• Subject: [mg28168] Re: [mg28160] Conversion of text into Mathematica expressions
• From: Ken Levasseur <Kenneth_Levasseur at uml.edu>
• Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 02:37:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Max:

Use ToExpression:

    Map[ToExpression,yourlist]

or the short form of Map:
     ToExpression/@yourlist

Ken Levasseur
Math. Sciences
UMass Lowell

Max Ulbrich wrote:

> Hi,
>
> does anybody know if there is a possibility to convert text into
> expressions?
> I have something like
>
> {"2.5","3.5"...}
>
> and want to convert it to
>
> {2.5,3.5...}
>
> How can I do that?
>
> Max

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  • Conversion of text into Mathematica expressions
    • From: Max Ulbrich <ulbrich@biochem.mpg.de>