>> A = {'0+1/R1','0-1/R1','1';'0-1/R1','0+1/R1+1/R2','0';'1','0','0'};
>> A = strrep(A,'R1','1000');
>> A = strrep(A,'R2','1000');
>> B = cellfun(@str2num,A)
B =
0.0010 -0.0010 1.0000
-0.0010 0.0020 0
1.0000 0 0
Warning: will run arbitrary commands, use at your own risk!
Rather than storing functions as strings, perhaps they should be stored as function handles. Then you can simply and effiiciently call them with the required input data (as numeric, of course!).
>> A = {'0+1/R1','0-1/R1','1';'0-1/R1','0+1/R1+1/R2','0';'1','0','0'};
>> F = cellfun(@(s)str2func(['@(R1,R2)',s,';']),A,'uni',0); % convert to function handle
>> B = cellfun(@(f)f(1000,1000),F) % call all with the same inputs
B =
0.0010 -0.0010 1.0000
-0.0010 0.0020 0
1.0000 0 0
>> F{1,2}(20,30) % call function {1,2}
ans =
-0.0500
