Converting scientific notation string to number?

This is raising an error:
> ToNumber (u201C2.75E-05u201D)
How do you convert scientific notation strings to numbers?
This is coming from XML. I can probably have the XML written so that it's not scientific notation.
Tim

Here's a not-so-pretty way:
Local StringVar Array x;
Local StringVar mantissa;
Local StringVar exponent := "0";
// Split into mantissa and exponent parts.
x:= Split("24.2233E+2", "e", 2, 1);
mantissa := x[1];
If (UBound(x) = 2)
Then
    exponent := x[2];
// CDbl cannot interpret leading positive sign, so removie
If Left(mantissa, 1) = "+"
Then
    mantissa := Right(mantissa, Length(mantissa) - 1);
If Left(exponent, 1) = "+"
Then
    exponent := Right(exponent, Length(exponent) - 1);
// Compute number
CDbl(mantissa) * 10 ^ CDbl(exponent);
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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