str2num {fritools} | R Documentation |
Convert Character Numbers to Numeric
Description
If you read text containing (possibly German, i.e. the decimals separated by comma and dots inserted for what they think of as readability) numbers, you may want to convert them to numeric.
Usage
str2num(x)
Arguments
x |
A string representing a (possibly German) number. |
Value
The number as a numeric.
See Also
Other bits and pieces:
golden_ratio()
,
is_difftime_less()
,
is_valid_primary_key()
,
r_cmd_install()
,
strip_off_attributes()
,
tapply()
,
throw()
Examples
line_in_text <- "foo bar 10.303,70 foo bar 1.211.000,55 foo bar"
words <- unlist(strsplit(line_in_text, split = " "))
print(na.omit(sapply(words, str2num)), digits = 9)
print(str2num(words[c(3, 4, 7)]), digits = 9)
print(str2num(words[7]), digits = 9)
[Package fritools version 4.3.0 Index]