How to convert a string into a specific numeric value.

Hi, I need to convert a string into specific values increasing from 1 to 217 going in increments of 6.

I have a string that is consisting of numbers and letters and each number and letter needs to be changed into another number to create a vector. For example, 0=, 1=7, 2=13....a=61,b=67...z=217. I am not sure how to convert this string into a vector.

Answer 1

[David Hill]

b=zeros(1,122);
b(double('0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstqvwxyz'))=1:6:211;%with 36 elements, I get z=211
newString=b(yourString);

[Daniel Coughenour]

I have a space in mine that I forgot to include but I got it to work. Thanks

[David Hill]

You should accept the answer to close this out.

[David Hill]

c=zeros(1,211);
c(1:6:211)='0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstqvwxyz';
yourString=char(c(newString));