[R] convert a Character-string to a number

[Simon Fear]

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

works if the locale is such that decimal points are used instead of
commas, but you might seek a more generic solution and have
R use a comma for decimal separation - see ?localeconv.

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> From: Michael Kirschbaum [mailto:emkiba at gmx.de]
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> Hi Everyone.
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> 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
> 
> M.Kirschbaum
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