[R] factor levels > numeric values

[Gerrit Eichner]

Hello, David,

take a look at the beginning of the "Warning" section of ?factor.

  Hth  --  Gerrit

> Hi everybody,
>
> I have another question (to which I could not find an answer in my r-books.
> I am sure, it's not a great issue, but I simply lack of a good idea how to
> solve this:
>
> One of my variables gets imported as a factor instead of a numeric variable.
> Now I have a...
> Factor w/ 63 levels "0","0.02","0.03",..: 1 NA NA 1 NA NA 1 1 53 10 ...
>
> How can I transform these factor levels into actual values?
>
> Thank you very much for any help!
> David
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