[R] Changing integer class

[jim holtman]

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> x <- 1:10
> str(x)
 int [1:10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> class(x) <- 'numeric'
> str(x)
 int [1:10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
> mode(x) <- 'numeric'
> str(x)
 num [1:10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10



On 7/7/07, Christophe Genolini <cgenolin at u-paris10.fr> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I define a function with two methods, one for numeric or integer.
> Sometime, I need the numeric method to be applied on integer. So I try
> to change the class of the integer but it does not work... Does someone
> know why ?
>
> >  x<-1:3
> >  class(x)
> [1] "integer"
> >  class(x)<- "numeric"
> >  class(x)
> [1] "integer"
>
> Thanks
>
> Christophe
>
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