MATLAB: String that may or may not need to be converted to num…

str2doublestr2num

I am bringing a string into a function. I need to convert it to num ONLY if it's intended as a number like 2, 40, 100… but when the user enters it as something else, leave it as a string. Can that be done?

Thanks!

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Yes. Take a look at the function below:

str2num

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/str2num.html

Edit: OP clarified their question and one way to accomplish what they need would be using the following function:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/52925-words-to-number

Edit2: Use str2double instead. See comments section for details.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/str2double.html

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