Change teh datatype from factor to double
?read.table Consult the help file for the parameters: as.is = or stringsAsFactors = -- David Winsemius
On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:22 AM, Maxl18 wrote:
Hi all, I want to read a .txt dataset, but when I test the type, some of the data is a factor. How can I avoid them to get a factor or how can I unfactor them without loosing their values? Thanks, Max -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-teh-datatype-from-factor-to-double-tp22675854p22675854.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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