how to conver a string to float

From: Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:56:24 +0000
Subject: how to conver a string to float
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Is there a possibility to convert a string like "10*500" (parsed from a XML-File) to a float? When i try to store this String in a float variable it only coverts the "10" but nothing after the "*"-sign, but i need the result of this expresison... Is there a function to calculate such string expressions? Thanx...

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