rafalib (version 1.0.0)

as.fumeric: converts to factor and then numeric

Description

Converts a vector of characters into factors and then converts these into numeric.

Usage

as.fumeric(x, levels = unique(x))

Arguments

x

a character vector

levels

the leves to be used in the call to factor

Examples

group = c("a","a","b","b")
plot(seq_along(group),col=as.fumeric(group))