[R] convert factors to numbers

[jim holtman]

FAQ 7.10

or use colClasses to define your input

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:12 PM, thoeb <t.hoebinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, I have a problem with reading a csv-file. One colum of the inputfile
> consists of characters and numbers. After reading the csv-file I create a
> new dataframe by dividing the values of that colum into more colums (then a
> colum contains just characters or numbers) but the numbers are converted to
> factors. How can I create the new dataframe without having the numbers
> converted to factors?
>
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> Tamara Hoebinger
> University of Vienna
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