Problem 28. Counting Money
Add the numbers given in the cell array of strings. The strings represent amounts of money using this notation: $99,999.99.
Example:
Input a = {'$12,001.87','$0.04','$12,003,887.55','$0.32'}; Output b is 12015889.78
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Alan Mackay
on 6 Jul 2012
The test to see if this is correct doesn't work. If you just code 'b = 0' then it is always correct!
Ajay Pattassery
on 15 Mar 2019
This is really cool problem.
Md. Ikrama Hossain
on 17 Apr 2023
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