Re: [R] Dataframe is character

2017-11-17 Thread Ivan Calandra
Good one, did not even notice that...! -- Dr. Ivan Calandra TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution Schloss Monrepos 56567 Neuwied, Germany +49 (0) 2631 9772-243 https://www.researchgate.net/pr

Re: [R] Dataframe is character

2017-11-17 Thread Petra Oleum
class("dat") is different from class(dat), which is what you actually want. On 17-11-17, P. Roberto Bakker wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Question: why are my dataframe and numeric variables a character? > > I read an excel file via readxl but my dataframe is a character, and > numeric variables, eg

Re: [R] Dataframe is character

2017-11-17 Thread Ivan Calandra
Hi Roberto, This often happens when there are some non-numeric characters. You would have to check it. Without more information, e.g. dput(dat), you will have to find by yourself. HTH, Ivan -- Dr. Ivan Calandra TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments MONREPOS Archaeologic