convertToNumeric {ufs}

Conveniently convert vectors to numeric

Description

Tries to 'smartly' convert factor and character vectors to numeric.

Usage

convertToNumeric(vector, byFactorLabel = FALSE)

Arguments

vector

The vector to convert.

byFactorLabel

When converting factors, whether to do this by their label value (TRUE) or their level value (FALSE).

Value

The converted vector.

Examples

ufs::convertToNumeric(as.character(1:8));