Converts "numeric" factor levels to numeric values.

Source: R/FSAUtils.R

Converts “numeric” factor levels to numeric values.

fact2num(object)

Arguments

object

A vector with “numeric” factor levels to be converted to numeric values.

Value

A numeric vector.

Author

Derek H. Ogle, derek@derekogle.com

Examples

junk <- factor(c(1,7,2,4,3,10))
str(junk)

#>  Factor w/ 6 levels "1","2","3","4",..: 1 5 2 4 3 6
junk2 <- fact2num(junk)
str(junk2)

#>  num [1:6] 1 7 2 4 3 10

## ONLY RUN IN INTERACTIVE MODE
if (interactive()) {

bad <- factor(c("A","B","C"))
# This will result in an error -- levels are not 'numeric'
bad2 <- fact2num(bad)

}  ## END IF INTERACTIVE MODE