AW: type casting
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg39811] AW: [mg39800] type casting
- From: Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:46:01 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello Ellen, try: a = "123*3" ToExpression[a] Best regards, Matthias Bode Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA Koenigsberger Strasse 29 D-60487 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY Tel.: +49(0)69 71 34 53 80 Mobile: +49(0)172 6 74 95 77 Fax: +49(0)69 71 34 95 380 E-mail: matthias.bode at oppenheim.de Internet: http://www.oppenheim.de -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Tolonen, Ellen N [mailto:entolonen at utep.edu] Gesendet: Freitag, 7. März 2003 09:41 An: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Betreff: [mg39800] type casting Hello. I am I new Mathematica user and am trying to master input/output. Is there any way to type cast a string into number format? Ellen Tolonen entolonen at utep.edu