Re: readin numbers from a file
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg34505] Re: [mg34471] readin numbers from a file
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 02:42:08 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In a message dated 5/23/02 4:48:48 AM, moreno at alumnos.uva.es writes: >I'm starting to work with mathematica and i have any problems: >I have to read numbers from a text file containing numbers and words. >I want to transform a string to a number,and i'm using ToExpression but >the problem is that numbers as a string are in format "0.23E+02" and >mathematica transforms as (0.23*E)+2 with E=2.71828 but I want it to be >23. >Anybody kows how i coul do that? > ToExpression[StringReplace["0.23E+02", "E"->"*^"]] 23. Bob Hanlon Chantilly, VA USA