// Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
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//
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function ww=ascii2string(w1)
    //converts a numeric (real or integer) matrix made of ascii codes
    //into a one column scilab string matrix and conversely.
    ww=[];
    for k=1:size(w1,1)
        ww=[ww;ascii(w1(k,:))];
    end
endfunction