petersenlab (version 1.1.0)

convert.magic: Convert Variable Types.

Description

Converts variable types of multiple columns of a dataframe at once.

Usage

convert.magic(obj, type)

Value

Dataframe with columns converted to a particular type.

Arguments

obj

name of dataframe (object)

type

type to convert variables to one of:

• "character"

• "numeric"

• "factor"

Details

Converts variable types of multiple columns of a dataframe at once. Convert variable types to character, numeric, or factor.

See Also

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11261399/function-for-converting-dataframe-column-type/11263399#11263399

Other dataManipulation: columnBindFill(), dropColsWithAllNA(), dropRowsWithAllNA(), varsDifferentTypes()

Other conversion: convertHoursAMPM(), convertToHours(), convertToMinutes(), convertToSeconds(), percentileToTScore(), pom()

Examples

# Prepare Data
data("USArrests")

# Convert variables to character
convert.magic(USArrests, "character")