| fac2num {MESS} | R Documentation |
Convert factor to numeric vector
Description
Converts the factor labels to numeric values and returns the factor as a numeric vector
Usage
fac2num(x)
Arguments
x |
A factor |
Details
Returns a vector of numeric values. Elements in the input factor that cannot be converted to numeric will produce NA.
Value
Returns a numeric vector of the same length as x
Author(s)
Claus Ekstrom claus@rprimer.dk
Examples
f <- factor(c(1,2,1,3,2,1,2,3,1))
fac2num(f)
[Package MESS version 0.5.12 Index]