Faster alternative to builtin str2double
This is a patched version of @Quant Guy's str2doubleq.cpp (submission #28893, last time updated five years ago). It includes a fix for memory leak indicated by @Jonathan and @Matthew Gunn in the comments. It also offers str2doubles.m, an interpreted language alternative to the mex (no compilation necessary) as given by @Jan Simon. Both .cpp and .m are slightly improved to deal with missing data. (Notice the mex version always returns complex-valued output, which doubles the storage; use wrapper str2doubleq2.m to discard all-zero imaginary component.)
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Felipe G. Nievinski (2026). Faster alternative to builtin str2double (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/61652-faster-alternative-to-builtin-str2double), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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Inspired by: Fast String to Double Conversion
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str2doubles/
| Version | Published | Release Notes | |
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| 1.0.0.0 |
- added support for multidimensional cell arrays in str2doubles.
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