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Re: String to number

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• Subject: [mg73189] Re: [mg73174] String to number
• From: Adriano Pascoletti <pascolet at dimi.uniud.it>
• Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:42:26 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200702060819.DAA24596@smc.vnet.net>

Jos=E9,
use ToExpression:

In[1]:=
ToExpression["12"]

Out[1]=
12

Adriano Pascoletti

On 6 feb 2007, at 09:19, Jos=E9 Carlos Santos wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> The ToString command generates a string from an expression. Is there a
> similar command which generates numbers from strings? What I mean by
> this is: is there a command (let's call it ToNumber) such that
>
> ToNumber["12"]
>
> generates the number 12?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jose Carlos Santos
>

• References:
  • String to number
    • From: José Carlos Santos <jcsantos@fc.up.pt>