[R] convert a Character-string to a number

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Michael Kirschbaum" <emkiba at gmx.de> writes:

> Hi Everyone.
> 
> I have a simple problem but don't know, how to get along.
> 
> how can I convert the vector
> 
> a<-c("0,01","1,00")
> in a vector 
> b<-c(0.01,1.00)
> 
> Thank you for suggestions

[Expect about 10 people to chime in...]

as.numeric(sub(",", ".", a))

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