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Re: Is there ToNumber?

From "Harvey P. Dale" <hpd1@nyu.edu>
Newsgroups comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject Re: Is there ToNumber?
Date 2011-06-12 09:07 +0000
Organization Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
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ToExpression.
Best,
Harvey

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Sariyski [mailto:tsariysk@craft-tech.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 3:59 AM
Subject: Is there ToNumber?

Hi,
Is there a built-in function which returns the numeric value of a string

(like ToString but inverse).  Currently I use mine function toNumber:

  ch = StringToStream[timeStr];
  timeNum = Read[ch, Number];
  Close[ch];

but I suspect there is easier way.
Thanks in advance,
--Ted


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