How do I convert a cell array with string, double, and NaN values to a double array

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I have a cell with these values = {1, 2, 'None', 1, 2, 3, 5, NaN, 'None'}
I want to convert this into a double with these values = {1, 2, NaN, 1, 2, 3, 5, NaN, NaN}
Is this possible?

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jonas
jonas on 5 Sep 2018
Edited: jonas on 5 Sep 2018
My original solution was obviously flawed, so credits to Guillaume for cleaning up redundant functions
A(strcmp(A, 'None')) = {NaN};
cell2mat(A)
... and credits to Stephen Cobeldick for providing the general solution (for any string):
A(~cellfun(@isnumeric,A)) = {NaN}
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 5 Sep 2018
Edited: Stephen23 on 5 Sep 2018
No need to use find, logical indexing works perfectly.
An alternative that replaces all non-numeric values:
A(~cellfun(@isnumeric,A)) = {NaN}
jonas
jonas on 5 Sep 2018
Thanks guys! I put your solutions in the answer box for future reference, as the answer had already been accepted.

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