5
votes
3answers
113 views

Unencoding encoded URLs in a function

Is there a built-in function for decoding encoded URLs in Mathematica? I would like to convert an encoded URL, for example ...
9
votes
5answers
367 views

convert long string to integer list

at first, i would like to thank all the people here. i'm working with mathematica for half a year now and always found great advice and tricks. now, i came up with a problem i couldn't find a ...
3
votes
2answers
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Import[] exception possibly caused by ToString[] behaviour which I cannot explain

Let me just start by pointing out I'm a new StackExchange user as well as a new Mathematica user (started today!) I mention this as a context to my ineptitude :) I am attempting to read through a ...
12
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2answers
651 views

How to import all files of a folder at once?

I know how to import one textfile by calling its name filestring = Import["myfile.tex", "Text"]; Then "filestring" is a string with the myfile content. How do ...
8
votes
2answers
162 views

Behavior of ImportString in Mathematica

I tried the following commands ...
18
votes
5answers
2k views

How do you convert a string containing a number in C scientific notation to a Mathematica number?

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. ...