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Re: String to number

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  • Subject: [mg73213] Re: String to number
  • From: José Carlos Santos <jcsantos at fc.up.pt>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:29:53 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <eq9bnn$mrf$1@smc.vnet.net>

On 06-02-2007 7:45, José Carlos Santos wrote:

> 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?

Many thanks to all those who answered my question.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos



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