[R] mode(x) <- "double"

[Giovanni Petris]

> 
> Hi,
> I need your help!! 
> I imported a big coloumn vector from a txt file but it results as mode
> :"list" I want to change it in numeric otherwise I can't do my analysis.

How did you "import" the data? What function did you use? 

> This is what i get:
> 
> mode (data) <- "double"
> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : 
>  (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'
> > 
> 

Maybe unlist(data), but to get a more precise answer you have to tell
us how you read the data in R

Best,
Giovanni


> 
> Thanks a lot!!!
> 
> Alessandra
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