i think you can set: options(stringsAsFactor=FALSE) which will apply globally or use read.csv(..., stringsAsFactor=FALSE) when imporing. have a look at the documentation ?read.csv good luck.
On 11/14/2014 09:44 AM, David Winsemius wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Ramesh Gautam wrote: > >> While importing .csv files into R, all data are converted to factor-by >> default. But, how can I preserve the original format of the data like >> numeric to numeric, integer to integer, character to character etc while >> importing from csv to R environment. >> >> I tried several ways, no thing helps. I used 'stringsAsFactor = FALSE' >> command, it did convert all data to characters. But, I wanted to preserve >> the numeric data to be in integer or double. > > Use colClasses. And if that hint is not enough then post an example to work > with. >> >> Any idea? examples? >> >> Thanks >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.