se string manipulating functions to extract the numbers from the strings and add them together.

Two variables store strings that consist of a letter of the alphabet, a blank space, and a number (in the form ‘R 14.3’).  Write a script that would initialize two such variable

[Walter Roberson]

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Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Simply use sprintf().