[R] Change teh datatype from factor to double

[David Winsemius]

?read.table

Consult the help file for the parameters:

as.is =    or
stringsAsFactors =

-- David Winsemius

On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:22 AM, Maxl18 wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I want to read a .txt dataset, but when I test the type, some of the  
> data is
> a factor.
> How can I avoid them to get a factor or how can I unfactor them  
> without
> loosing their values?
>
> Thanks, Max
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT