Dear all, 
 
Is there a way of keeping the actual information in a factor when
converting it to numeric? 
 
Example:
 
What I want:
 
as.numeric(factor(5:10))
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
 
 
How R works:
 
>    as.numeric(factor(5:10)) #R example on 'as.numeric'
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
 
Thank you very much.
 
Paulo
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Paulo M. Brando
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM)
Santarem, PA, Brasil.
Av. Rui Barbosa, 136.
Fone: + 55 93 3522 55 38
www.ipam.org.br
E-mail: pmbrando@ipam.org.br
 
 

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