converting character to numeric
You need: mydata$apples<-as.numeric(mydata$apples)
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Alina Sheyman <alinashe at gmail.com> wrote:
I'm trying to convert data from character to numeric. ?I've imported data as a csv file, I'm assuming that the import is a database - are all the columns in ?a database considered "vectors" ?and that they can be ?operated on individually Therefore I've tried the following mydata <- as.numeric(mydata$apples) when i then look at mydata again ?the named column is still in "character" format ?if i do mydata2 <- as.numeric(mydata$apples) the new object mydata2 is empty. Am i missing something about the structure of R? alina ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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