FSA (version 0.8.20)

fact2num: Converts "numeric" factor levels to numeric values.

Description

Converts “numeric” factor levels to numeric values.

Usage

fact2num(object)

Arguments

object

A vector with “numeric” factor levels to be converted to numeric values.

Value

A numeric vector.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
junk <- factor(c(1,7,2,4,3,10))
str(junk)
junk2 <- fact2num(junk)
str(junk2)

## ONLY RUN IN INTERACTIVE MODE
if (interactive()) {

bad <- factor(c("A","B","C"))
# This will result in an error -- levels are not 'numeric'
bad2 <- fact2num(bad)

}  ## END IF INTERACTIVE MODE

# }