[R] Chars as numbers

[Tobias Muhlhofer]

Josef,

Not sure if this is exactly what you mean, but there is a generic function

as()

to which you can then specify "numeric" as an argument and which then 
coerces stuff into numeric format.

Tobias


Josef Eschgfaeller wrote:
> 
> Is there a proper function for transforming
> a character to a number instead of using
> 
>   i=match('c',letters)
>   # 3
> 
> Thanks.
> Josef Eschgfäller
> 
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