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String to numbers

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg55337] String to numbers
• From: "Erb, John" <jerb at saint-lukes.org>
• Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:46:27 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hello,

I have data in file in the form of strings, formatted as:

<2.54   3.11   2.89>
<3.58   5.24   5.66>
... more

How can I read this into mathematica, and convert the strings to
numbers,
so I would have

{{2.54,3.11,2.89},{3.58,5.24,5.66},...{}}

Thank you,

John C. Erb
Email:  John_C_Erb at prodigy.net


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