Verb Do ". does what you want.  Try 3 + ". '5'

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On Dec 30, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Blake McBride <bl...@mcbride.name> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> In APL I used to use the execute function to convert a string (like
> '123.45') into a number 123.45 (after I verified that it was a valid
> number).  How can I do this in J?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Blake McBride
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