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.

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