What is the meaning of Adding a String to a Double?
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{
x=17
x_s = num2str(x)
out = x_s+0
}
out is equal to [49 55] of type double
What exactly is going on?
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Iain
on 6 Jun 2013
Strings are represented as integer values.
A = 65, B = 66...
You can ADD numbers, say, 65 + 1, and you would get 66, which is also B.
Adding 0 to a string is just a cheap way of turning a string into a double.
Its like doing xor(A,A) to get 0.
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