Hi all, I have a very simple problem, but i cant find a solution probably because i search for the wrong keywords.
I have coordinates x and y. They look like this: > str(data) 'data.frame': 13979 obs. of 2 variables: $ x : Factor w/ 3815 levels "","186011.4971280",..: 1528 1524 1524 1524 1524 ... $ y : Factor w/ 3792 levels "","449372.9599780",..: 1333 1116 1116 1116 1116 ... > data$x[1:10] [1] 186843.8131840 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 [9] 186842.6156650 186842.6156650 3815 Levels: 186011.4971280 186021.0356270 186048.6246680 186051.3570180 186052.7204140 186052.9162970 ... 188132.9056840 I want them in *numbers*, so i run: data$x2 <- as.numeric(data$x) But what it did is this: > data$x2[1:10] [1] 1528 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 I tried converting it via character and then to numeric, but also that didnt work. Anyone ideas? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Problem-with-converting-factors-to-numbers-tp3826061p3826061.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
