Dear all,
Is there a way of keeping the actual information in a factor when
converting it to numeric?
Example:
What I want:
as.numeric(factor(5:10))
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
How R works:
> as.numeric(factor(5:10)) #R example on 'as.numeric'
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
Thank you very much.
Paulo
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Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM)
Santarem, PA, Brasil.
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