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hi,<br />
i'm writing a program in MATLAB that captures data from the different sensors of an external instrument through the serial port of &nbsp;p.c and then scans the data and then records and displays it. but &nbsp;i'm facing a problem now &nbsp;that &nbsp;is the data being captured from the device is in ASCII format, for which i needed help, &nbsp;to convert this data in &nbsp;numerical format so that i could substitute the values acquired into mathematical equations for more future processing and also plot them in graphs. <br />
the format of the ASCII data i'm capturing is-{ -4.319005,20.165850,-0.857<wbr />791,-0.923<wbr />775,-31.36<wbr />6320}<br />
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can anyone help me with this.
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hi,
i'm writing a program in MATLAB that captures data from the different sensors of an external instrument through the serial port of  p.c and then scans the data and then records and displays it. but  i'm facing a problem now  that  is the data being captured from the device is in ASCII format, for which i needed help,  to convert this data in  numerical format so that i could substitute the values acquired into mathematical equations for more future processing and also plot them in graphs. 
the format of the ASCII data i'm capturing is-{ -4.319005,20.165850,-0.857791,-0.923775,-31.366320}

can anyone help me with this.

ASCII conversion (MATLAB)

A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Thousands of different programming languages have been created, mainly in the computer field, and many more still are being created every year. The description of a programming language is usually split into the two components of syntax (form) and semantics (meaning). Some languages are defined by a specification document (for example, the C programming language is specified by an ISO Standard), while other languages (such as Perl) have a dominant implementation that is treated as a reference. Some languages have both, with the basic language defined by a standard and extensions taken from the dominant implementation being common.

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MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and proprietary fourth-generation programming language. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages, including C, C++, Java, Fortran and Python. Although MATLAB is intended primarily for numerical computing, an optional toolbox uses the MuPAD symbolic engine, allowing access to symbolic computing capabilities. An additional package, Simulink, adds graphical multi-domain simulation and model-based design for dynamic and embedded systems.