STR2NUM  STR2NUM Convert a String to a Number


Usage
 
 Converts a string to a number.  The general syntax for its use
 is
 
   x = str2num(string)
 
 Here string is the data string, which contains the data to 
 be converted into a number.  The output is in double precision,
 and must be typecasted to the appropriate type based on what
 you need.
 