Programming and Data Types

String/Numeric Conversion

The str2double function converts a cell array of strings to the double-precision values represented by the strings.

• c = {'37.294e-1'; '-58.375'; '13.796'};
  
  d = str2double(c)
  d =
      3.7294
    -58.3750
     13.7960
  
  whos
    Name      Size                   Bytes  Class
  
    c         3x1                      224  cell array
    d         3x1                       24  double array
  
  Grand total is 28 elements using 248 bytes
  

Cell Arrays of Strings

String Comparisons