Convert a string to number
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Hi, I want to convert a string into a number however I don't want to use str2num since I loose extra digits (see example below). Can I use some other MATLAB function?
data = 0.0782238;
s = str2num(data); %Don't want this since s = 0.0782 and I'm loosing three extra digits
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Walter Roberson
on 5 Feb 2014
str2num() does not lose those extra digits. Instead, you are not displaying the full width of the number. At the MATLAB command line give the command
format long g
and try your code again.
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Wayne King
on 5 Feb 2014
Edited: Wayne King
on 5 Feb 2014
how about just using format long
data = '0.0782238';
data = str2num(data);
format long
data
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