Hi Michael,

I dont think it is possible. Please see first the definition of a dataframe and matrix


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From: michael watson (IAH-C) <michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk>
To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:18:11 PM
Subject: [R] A matrix with mixed character and numerical columns


Is it possible to have one?

I have a data.frame with two character columns and 6 numerical columns.

I converted to a matrix as I needed to use the col() and row()
functions.
However, if I convert the data.frame to a matrix, using as.matrix, the
numerical columns get converted to characters, and that messes up some
of the calculations.

Do I really have to split it up into two matrices, one character and the
other numerical, just so I can use the col() and row() functions?  Are
there equivalent functions for data.frames?

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