RE: Converting Strings to Ints.
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- Subject: [mg63295] RE: [mg63277] Converting Strings to Ints.
- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts at aapt.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:08:22 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi Chrisantha,
> I have a list of strings representing numbers, i.e. a =
> {"12223","11313","2424"} that I generated in XML and read
> into mathematica. How do I convert this into a list of integers?
The easiest way is ToExpression, whence
l = {"12223", "11313", "2424"}
i = ToExpression@l
You can convince yourself that it works via
Head@First@l
Head@First@i
This will fail if your strings are in exponential format (it's easy to see
why!)
Regards,
Dave.