Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Group: String Manipulation
See also: string substr

Function: atof
Description: Converts strings to numbers.


Usage: z = atof(x)
Input:
x array of strings
Output:
z array

Note:

Example:



s = #("123", "2")~#("3", "4")~#("1.0"+"6", "three")

z = atof(s)

s; array of strings

z; array of numbers

Result:



Contents of s

[1,] "123" "3" "1.06"

[2,] "2" "4" "three"

Contents of z

[1,]      123        3     1.06 

[2,]        2        4     +NAN 


Group: String Manipulation
See also: string substr

Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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