Fast String to Double Conversion

str2doubleq converts text to double like Matlab's str2double,but up to 400x faster! multithreaded.

Version 1.8.0 (16.7 KB)
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9 Oct 2012
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Quant Guy (2026). Fast String to Double Conversion (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28893-fast-string-to-double-conversion), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Faster alternative to builtin str2double

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General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
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Version Published Release Notes
1.8.0

*Fixed a bug with scientific notation. Thanks for the feedback.
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1.7.0

-Implemented "hand massaged" highly efficient parser.
-Added support to parse also complex numbers
-Restructured code to being more neat
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1.3.0

* Thanks to Jan Simons feedback, fixed some bugs and documentation. Also was able to tweak about 35% performance boost compared to earlier implementation.
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1.0.0

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