Re: [R] Converting Character Strings to Numerical Values

2006-11-13 Thread Sarah Goslee
?as.numeric

> x <- "3"
> y <- "3.5"

> x
[1] "3"
> as.numeric(x)
[1] 3

> y
[1] "3.5"
> as.numeric(y)
[1] 3.5

Sarah

On 11/13/06, Peter Lauren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does R have anything like strtod, atoi, atod, etc. in
> C?  I would like to covert "3" to 3 and "3.5" to 3.5 .
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Lauren.
>
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[R] Converting Character Strings to Numerical Values

2006-11-13 Thread Peter Lauren
Does R have anything like strtod, atoi, atod, etc. in
C?  I would like to covert "3" to 3 and "3.5" to 3.5 .

Thanks,
Peter Lauren.

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