Re: String to number
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg73200] Re: String to number
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:30:24 -0500 (EST)
- References: <eq9bnn$mrf$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi José, for the general case, we have: ToExpression If more control is needed, we may use Read[StringToStream[string], type], see manual. E.g.:Read[StringToStream[str], Number] Still another possibility is to write the string to a file and use Import to read it. Daniel José 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 >