Re: String to Number
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- Subject: [mg27177] Re: String to Number
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 03:10:23 -0500 (EST)
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Steffen:
In[128]:=
ToExpression[{StringTake["06:42",2],StringTake["06:42",-2]}]
Out[128]=
{6, 42}
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<steffenz at server2.fo.FH-Koeln.DE> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I read a time from a file (this format 06:42) as a string.
>
> I would like to convert this string into to numbers (6 and 42).
>
> any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steffen
>
>
> Dipl.-Ing. Steffen Zozgornik
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