Can you tell us why you want to do this? Is there something special about 09098 versus 9098 or 0000009098? In any mathematical operation these are all the same number.
Tim From: akshay kulkarni <akshay...@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 2:58 PM To: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <teb...@ufl.edu>; R help Mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: inadequacy in as.integer.... [External Email] Dear Tim, So there is no way to coerce "09098" to 09098? Yours sincerely, AKSHAY M KULKARNI ________________________________ From: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <teb...@ufl.edu<mailto:teb...@ufl.edu>> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 12:07 AM To: akshay kulkarni <akshay...@hotmail.com<mailto:akshay...@hotmail.com>>; R help Mailing list <r-help@r-project.org<mailto:r-help@r-project.org>> Subject: RE: inadequacy in as.integer.... Keep as character. Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org<mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org>> On Behalf Of akshay kulkarni Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 12:22 PM To: R help Mailing list <r-help@r-project.org<mailto:r-help@r-project.org>> Subject: [R] inadequacy in as.integer.... [External Email] Dear members, I came across this queer thing during my analysis: > as.integer("09098") 9098 Any idea on how to retain the "0"? Yours sincerely, AKSHAY M KULKARNI [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org<mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C70a6ae074d1e42c17e9108da9411d934%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C637985101625267716%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FV4NoU8j%2F9KIYX5ExaY93fwQf%2FPqx1kisbt87Mj9%2F7Q%3D&reserved=0<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C6a2c6801bcbf4bf0e6f708da94278655%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C637985194721617829%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IimcrUXv0HF%2F2FyD5S699dgqmGAZe5%2FKcRqHTiHDyvE%3D&reserved=0> PLEASE do read the posting guide https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C70a6ae074d1e42c17e9108da9411d934%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C637985101625267716%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BA0o8oGcR%2FFBX9Vth5DuitlZnTGG7rNDmFga3ixZ9j4%3D&reserved=0<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C6a2c6801bcbf4bf0e6f708da94278655%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C637985194721617829%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HQmvbdpGZj4Mt64EwTre5pdzE9xHJ8mdWHN8c%2Fye3CY%3D&reserved=0> 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.