| From: | Roger Light |
| Date: | 3 Sep 99 at 11:40:59 |
| Subject: | Re: string -> float |
On 30-Aug-99, David McMinn wrote:
>> I'm trying to convert a string of the form 1e23 into a float so that I
>> can perform maths on it. Only problem is - Val() doesn't support the "e".
>> Anybody know of a way in which I can do this?
>
> If you assume that the string is only going to contain
> <mantissa>e<exponent>, then you could try this:
Cheers David and James, spot on methods ;) Now why didn't I think of that
myself?
I shall probably write to the list soon with another related problem if I can't
twist my mind around it soon :(
Cheers,
Roger
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