I have a string with the form of that of what you would write to initialize a matrix; how do I make the string a matrix?

Title says it all. ex: myStr = [1,2,3, 5:7]; how do I make it so myArray = [1,2,3,5,6,7].

Thanks in advance, George

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

myStr = '[1,2,3, 5:7]'
out=evalin('base',myStr)

[George]

Thanks a lot it works!

Answer 2

[Thorsten]

myStr = '[1,2,3, 5:7]';
eval(['A = ' myStr ';']);