[R] a quick Q: a function in R, equivalent to "atoi" function in C?

[Jerome Asselin]

?as.numeric

On July 30, 2003 04:08 pm, Yan Yu wrote:
> Hello,
>    I wonder is there a function in R, which can achieve the
> functionality of atoi in C, i.e., convert from a character string to a
> number?
>
> I use Sys.getenv(), it returns a character string, e.g., "12", but i
> need a number, e.g., 12, to fit into a function.
>
> thanks a lot,
> yan
>
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