[R] converting string fractions to numerics
Erin Hodgess
erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
Wed Oct 19 08:30:01 CEST 2011
Dear R People:
Suppose I have the following:
"pi/2"
and I would like it to be 1.57.....
Using as.numeric, here is my result:
> as.numeric("pi/2")
[1] NA
Warning message:
NAs introduced by coercion
>
Is there a way to produce the numeric result, please?
Thanks,
Erin
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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
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