x = str2num('str')
x = str2num('str') converts the string str, which is an ASCII character representation of a numeric value, to MATLAB's numeric representation. The string can contain digits, a decimal point, a leading + or - sign, an e preceding a power of 10 scale factor, and/or an i for a complex unit.
str2num('3.14159e0') is approximately pi .
x = str2num(s) is a single line:
eval(['x = ' s ';']);
hex2num,num2str,sscanf
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