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Re: Converting Strings to Ints.

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• Subject: [mg63304] Re: [mg63277] Converting Strings to Ints.
• From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
• Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:08:29 -0500 (EST)
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On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:04 AM, Chrisantha wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have a list of strings representing numbers, i.e. a =
> {"12223","11313","2424"} that I generated in XML and read into
> mathematica. How do I convert this into a list of integers?
>
> Yours Ever and Merry Christmas,
>
> Chrisantha

Here is a newbie approach:

In[1]:=
str = {"12223", "11313",
    "2424"}
Out[1]=
{"12223", "11313", "2424"}

In[2]:=
ToExpression[str]
Out[2]=
{12223, 11313, 2424}

In[3]:=
Head[%[[1]]]
Out[3]=
Integer

János


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• References:
  • Expression timing; a black art?
    • From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
  • Re: Expression timing; a black art?
    • From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw@wolfram.com>
  • Converting Strings to Ints.
    • From: Chrisantha <ctf20@sussex.ac.uk>