On 16/10/2007, at 8:30 AM, pintinho wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am getting a strange result while converting a string vector into
> numeric
> vector:
>
>> Datas[1]
> [1] 37315
>
>> as.numeric(Datas[1])
> [1] 2
>
> Can anyone help me??
It would seem that ``Datas'' is a ***factor*** and NOT a ``string
vector''
(i.e. not a vector of mode character). There is much (repetitive)
discussion
on this list of how to convert a factor to a numeric vector. See FAQ
7.10.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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