[R] From string to numeric

[Greg Snow]

> x <- "1,2,5,7,8"
> as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(x, ',')))
[1] 1 2 5 7 8

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Christofer Bogaso
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:42 PM
> To: r-help
> Subject: [R] From string to numeric
> 
> Hi, I have a string like "1,2,5,7,8".
> 
> From this I want to create a numeric vector of length 5 (total number
> of numbers in above string), with each element will be the number in
> above string. Is there any possibility to doing this?
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
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