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{* 22may2006}{...}
{cmd:help mata mm_realofstr()}
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{title:Title}

{p 4 4 2}
{bf: mm_realofstr() -- Convert string to real}

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{p 2 2 2}Note: An official {cmd:strtoreal()} function was introduced in
Stata 9.1 (see help {bf:{help mf_strtoreal:[M-5] strtoreal()}}). This makes
{cmd:mm_realofstr()} obsolete.{p_end}
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{title:Syntax}

{p 8 12 2}
{it:real matrix}
{cmd:mm_realofstr(}{it:string matrix s}{cmd:)}


{title:Description}

{p 4 4 2}
{cmd:mm_realofstr(}{it:s}{cmd:)} returns {it:s} as a numeric value
or {it:missing} using
Stata's {cmd:real()} function (see help {help string functions}).

{p 4 4 2}
When arguments are not scalars, {cmd:mm_realofstr()} returns
element-by-element results.


{title:Conformability}

    {cmd:mm_realofstr(}{it:s}{cmd:)}:
         {it:s}:  {it:r x c}
    {it:result}:  {it:r x c}


{title:Diagnostics}

{p 4 4 2}
{cmd:mm_realofstr(}{it:s}{cmd:)} returns missing if {it:s}
cannot be converted.


{title:Source code}

{p 4 4 2}
{help moremata_source##mm_realofstr:mm_realofstr.mata}


{title:Author}

{p 4 4 2} Ben Jann, University of Bern, jann@soz.unibe.ch


{title:Also see}

{p 4 13 2}
Online:  help for
{bf:{help mf_strtoreal:[M-5] strtoreal()}},
{bf:{help mf_strofreal:[M-5] strofreal()}},
{bf:{help m4_string:[M-4] string}},
{bf:{help moremata}}