Josef,
Not sure if this is exactly what you mean, but there is a generic function
as()
to which you can then specify "numeric" as an argument and which then
coerces stuff into numeric format.
Tobias
Josef Eschgfaeller wrote:
Is there a proper function for transforming
a character to a number instead of using
i=match('c',letters)
# 3
Thanks.
Josef Eschgf�ller
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