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function y = text2int (x) % This function takes the letter in the string x and converts % it to an integer. % The convention for this function is % a --> 0 % b --> 1 % and so on... if ( (x < 'a') | (x > 'z') ), error('Text character out of range a-z'); end; y=x - 'a'; %It helps to know Matlab tricks