Hi Selina,
try ?as.numeric,
small example
a=c(1,2,3,4,5)
b=as.factor(a)
class(b)
c=as.numeric(b)
class(c)
in the case of a matrix of factor,try
apply(matrix,1, as.numeric)
Cheers
A.
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Da: Qman Fin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A: r-help@r-project.org
Inviato: Giovedì 12 giugno 2008, 8:24:08
Oggetto: [R] How to change the class of data?
Hi all,
I have some data x, which are actualy consisted of numerical enties. But the
class of this matrix is set to be "factor" by someone else. I used
"class(x)", it turns out to be "factor". So I can not calculate them.
How can I turn them into numerical data so that I can apply math operations
on them? Thanks a lot for your help.
Selina
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