MATLAB: Convert text cell to double

Question

hi, I have a Cell array like

    '$88.10'
    '$83.01'
    '$80.22'
    '$80.22'
how can I convert it to an array of doubles ?
Thanks 
Tristan

Answer 1

z = {'$88.10'
    '$83.01'
    '$80.22'
    '$80.22'};
out = cellfun(@(x)str2double(x(2:end)),z);