[R] Help with decimal points

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Amit,
MatchedValues$Value is a factor. Converting factors to numeric is a
FAQ: see http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-do-I-convert-factors-to-numeric_003f

Best,
Ista

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Amit Patel <amitrhelp at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> I have found a little problem with an R script. I am trying to merge some data
> and am finding something unusual going on. As shown below I am trying to
> assign (MatchedValues[Value2,Value]) to  (ClusteredData[k,Value]) which are two
> separate dataframes.
>
> 1) By the following command you can see that the value im transferring
> is 481844.03
>
>> MatchedValues[Value2,Value]
> [1] 481844.03
> 6618 Levels: 1.00E+07 1.01E+07 1.02E+07 1.04E+07 1.05E+07 1.06E+07 ... Raw
>
>
> 2) But when I try to replace the values using the command i get a value of 4420
>
>
>>ClusteredData[k,Value] <- MatchedValues[Value2,Value]
>
>> ClusteredData[k,Value]
> [1] "4420"
>
>
> 3) So what am I not doing. How can I keep that same value of 481844.03
> I have tried
>
>
>> as.double(MatchedValues[Value2,Value])
> [1] 4420
>
>
>> as.numeric(MatchedValues[Value2,Value])
> [1] 4420
>
>
>
>
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