OK...newbie question here.
Either I'm reading the docs wrong, or I'm totally confused.
Given the following:
x<-c("aaa","bbb","ccc")
y<-rep(0,3)
z<-rep(0,3)
is.character(x)
[1] TRUE
is.numeric(y)
[1] TRUE
Now...I want to create a data frame, but keep the data types.
In reading the docs, I assume you do it this way:
d<-data.frame(cbind(x=I(x),y=y,z=z)
But, when I do str(d), I get the following:
'data.frame': 3 obs. of 3 variables:
$ x: Factor w/ 3 levels "aaa","bbb","ccc": 1 2 3
$ y: Factor w/ 1 level "0": 1 1 1
$ z: Factor w/ 1 level "0": 1 1 1
I thought the I() prevents character from becoming factors, right?
Secondly, how do I force y and z in the data frame to become numeric?
Thanks in advance
Joe
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