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Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number,number; for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a MathematicaMathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.23`, e]].

Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number, for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a Mathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.23`, e]].

Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number; for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a Mathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.23`, e]].

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Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number, for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a Mathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.2323`, e]], e]]`.

Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number, for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a Mathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.23, e]]`.

Suppose I have a string containing the C-representation of a floating point number, for example

s = "1.23e-5"

and I want to convert this to a Mathematica number. How can I do this?

ToExpression[s] gives Plus[-5, Times[1.23`, e]].

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