str2double

Converts a string to double.

Syntax

• res = str2double(str)

Input argument

• str - a cell of strings, string array or a string.

Output argument

• res - a double

Description

str2double converts any complex number as a whole into a complex numeric field, converting the real and imaginary parts to the specified numeric type.

If str2double cannot convert string to a number, then it returns a Not An Number value.

Example

R = str2double('2.6 + 3j')
R = str2double('+NaNi')
R = str2double({'2.71' '3.1415'})
R = str2double(["2.71" "3.1415"])

See also

double.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET