[R] nominal to numeric function

[Daniel Malter]

Hi you can use newvariable=as.numeric(variablename). This converts your
factors into numeric variables, but not always with the desired result. So
make sure that you check whether "newvariable" gives you what you want.
Otherwise recoding by hand is indicated.

Best,
Daniel



Noah Silverman-3 wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm training an SVM (C-classification from e1071 library)
> 
> Some of the variables in my data set are nominal.  Is there some 
> easy/automatic way to convert them to numerical representations?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -N
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