[R] NAs introduced when changing data type

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Tord Snall wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am trying to change data type in the Data Editor but when I do, all
> numbers in the column changes to NA and back in the Console I get the
> warning message "NAs introduced by coercion".
> 
> What's wrong? The table consists of 95 columns and 470 rows.

Who knows? We'll need more details (such as R version and platform) and a
reproducible example: see the section 9 of the FAQ.

All I can say is that simple examples do work for me.

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