Convert string of tuple of numbers to complex number

Question

I am reading complex number from a file which gives me a list like that

{"(-0.00152709,-0.000650355)", "(7.05005e-06,-4.80275e-07)", "(2.77004e-05,-3.794e-06)",...}

Here, every element in the list is a tuple of two real numbers representing the real and imaginary part of complex number. I want to convert this list to a list of complex numbers. How to do that?

Answer 1

ls = {"(-0.00152709,-0.000650355)", "(7.05005e-06,-4.80275e-07)", "(2.77004e-05,-3.794e-06)"};

Complex@@Interpreter["Number"][StringSplit[#, "(" | ")" | ","]] & /@ ls

(* {-0.00152709 - 0.000650355 I, 7.05005*10^-6 - 4.80275*10^-7 I, 0.0000277004 - 3.794*10^-6 I}*)

Answer 2

Or, First map the string to the form of a valid complex number string, then use the appropriate Interpreter

lst={"(-0.00152709,-0.000650355)","(7.05005e-06,-4.80275e-07)","(2.77004e-05,-3.794e-06)"};

Map[(Interpreter["SemanticComplexNumber"]@StringReplace[#,"("~~a__~~","~~b__~~")":>a<>" + "<>b<>" I"])&,lst]