On 28-Jul-08 09:29:22, baptiste auguie wrote:
> Here is my attempt at this (taking a specific understanding of the ill-
> defined "equivalence" relation),
>
> unletter <- function(word){
>
> word.broken <- strsplit(word, NULL)
> set.of.numbers <- sapply(word.broken[[1]], function(let)
which(let ==
> letters))
> paste(set.of.numbers, sep="", collapse="")
> }
>
> unletter("abc")
> # "123"
Ay [yes, I understand]
> unletter("xyz")
> # "242526"
bdbebf
> unletter("salut")
> # "191122120"
aikbut [or do I?]
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to convert english words to numeric equivalents, e.g.,
>>>> abc to
>>>> 123. Is there a function or library or package for doing this in
>>>> R? If not,
>>>> can it be done easily in R?
>>>
>
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