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How can I write a function that would compute an inputed string like 'five times (four plus seven)'? I want it to recognize that five=5, four=4, and seven=7 and compute the operations as matlab normally would. i guess i'm just confused on how to deal with the string in general. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you in advance
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@crossratio: Why don't you like my solution? Have you tried it? Do you underdtand how it work? This is more matlabish way to use regular expressions and mapping cell arrays that can be imported from a file or db. And it's scalable.
I'm guessing she actually needs to parse the string for some reason. (Class? Learning string stuff?) So your solution may have been too good. cross, if you didn't see yuk's first post, MATLAB basically has your function built in (which I didn't know). If that was what you actually wanted you should hit 'request attention' and give him the points instead. If you did want to actually parse the string yourself, then all is well.
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Yes, actually i wanted to parse the string myself. Thank you too you both though. yuk, your answer is also great and useful to know.
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