Given it’s a variable would I just change the 12.6 in as.numeric(gsub(pattern = "%","","12.6%"))
To the variable name say … as.numeric(gsub(pattern = "%","",df$variable)) From: GALIB KHAN <gh...@scarletmail.rutgers.edu> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 4:23 PM To: reichm...@sbcglobal.net Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Converting chr to num Hey there, as.numeric(gsub(pattern = "%","","12.6%")) On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Jeff Reichman <reichm...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:reichm...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: R-Help Forum How do I convert a chr variable that contains percentages to an integer Example 12.6% (chr) to 12.6 (int) Jeff [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
