RE: String to number
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- Subject: [mg73206] RE: [mg73174] String to number
- From: Robert Pigeon <robert.pigeon at videotron.ca>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:54:39 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: robert.pigeon at videotron.ca
Maybe try ToExpression...... ToExpression["12"] will give you the number 12 ! Robert Robert Pigeon TZ = -5 -----Message d'origine----- De : José Carlos Santos [mailto:jcsantos at fc.up.pt] Envoyé : Tuesday, February 06, 2007 03:19 À : mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Objet : [mg73174] String to number 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