I have the following csv file:
name,x,y,z
category,delta,gamma,epsilon
a,1,2,3
b,4,5,6
c,7,8,9
I'd like to create a numeric matrix of just the numbers in this csv dataset.
I've tried the following program:
sample.data <- read.csv("sample.csv")
numerical.data <- as.matrix(sample.data[-1,-1])
However, print(numerical.data) returns what appears to be a matrix of
characters:
x y z
2 "1" "2" "3"
3 "4" "5" "6"
4 "7" "8" "9"
How do I force it to be numbers rather than characters?
Thanks,
Andrew
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