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str2num.m: Simplify and speed up code by using indexing. * str2num.m: Use indexing instead of repmat and concatenation for 8% speedup.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 1996-2011 Kurt Hornik
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{x} =} str2num (@var{s})
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{state}] =} str2num (@var{s})
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22 ## Convert the string (or character array) @var{s} to a number (or an
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23 ## array). Examples:
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24 ##
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25 ## @example
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26 ## @group
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27 ## str2num ("3.141596")
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28 ## @result{} 3.141596
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29 ##
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30 ## str2num (["1, 2, 3"; "4, 5, 6"]);
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31 ## @result{} ans =
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32 ## 1 2 3
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33 ## 4 5 6
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34 ## @end group
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35 ## @end example
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36 ##
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37 ## The optional second output, @var{state}, is logically true when the
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38 ## coversion is successful. If the conversion fails the numeric output,
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39 ## @var{x}, is empty and @var{state} is false.
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40 ##
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41 ## @strong{Caution:} As @code{str2num} uses the @code{eval} function
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42 ## to do the conversion, @code{str2num} will execute any code contained
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43 ## in the string @var{s}. Use @code{str2double} for a safer and faster
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44 ## conversion.
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45 ##
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46 ## For cell array of strings use @code{str2double}.
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47 ## @seealso{str2double, eval}
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48 ## @end deftypefn
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50 ## Author: jwe
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52 function [m, state] = str2num (s)
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54 if (nargin != 1)
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55 print_usage ();
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56 elseif (! ischar (s))
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57 error ("str2num: S must be a string or string array");
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58 endif
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60 s(:, end+1) = ";";
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61 s = sprintf ("m = [%s];", reshape (s', 1, numel (s)));
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62 state = true;
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63 eval (s, "m = []; state = false;");
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64 if (ischar (m))
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65 m = [];
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66 state = false;
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67 endif
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69 endfunction
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72 %!assert(str2num ("-1.3e2"), -130);
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73 %!assert(str2num ("[1, 2; 3, 4]"), [1, 2; 3, 4]);
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75 %!test
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76 %! [x, state] = str2num ("pi");
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77 %! assert (state);
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78 %! [x, state] = str2num ("Hello World");
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79 %! assert (! state);
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81 %% Test input validation
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82 %!error str2num ()
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83 %!error str2num ("string", 1)
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84 %!error <S must be a string> str2num ({"string"})
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