Re: [R] Converting data frame to its object results in matrix of strings

Try this: x <- xts(as.character(1:10), Sys.Date() + 0:9) storage.mode(x) <- "double" Michael On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Noah Silverman wrote: > Hi, > > I have a rather large data frame (500 x 5000) that I want to convert to a > proper xts object. > > I am able to properly generate an xts

[R] Converting data frame to its object results in matrix of strings

Hi, I have a rather large data frame (500 x 5000) that I want to convert to a proper xts object. I am able to properly generate an xts object with the correct time index. However, all of my numerical values are now strings. b <- as.xts(a[,2:dim(a)[2]], order.by=as.POSIXct(strptime(paste(a$Dat