Hi all, Iam trying to change character to numeric but have probelm mydata <- read.table(header=TRUE, text=', sep=" " id sex 1 NA 2 NA 3 M 4 F 5 M 6 F 7 F ') if sex is missing then sex=0; if sex is"M" then sex=1; if sex is"F" then sex=2; Any help please ? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]