Try this:

x <- matrix(c("A", "P", "M", "A", "P", "M"), 2)
x[] <- as.numeric(as.character(factor(x, labels = c(0,1,1))))
x



On 6/10/08, Manisha Brahmachary <mb3058@c2b2.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I will appreciate any suggestion for this simple problem. I have a matrix
> of
> characters "A", "P", "M".
>
>
>
> I want to convert those characters to integers 0,1, 1 respectively. I am
> using the following R statements:
>
>
>
> exprs.new<-gsub("P",1,exprs)
>
>   exprs.new1 <- gsub("A",0,exprs.new)
>
>   exprs.new2 <- gsub("M",1,exprs.new1)
>
>
>
> The replaced integers are stored as characters and I cannot find a way to
> convert the matrix to an integer matrix.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> manisha
>
>
>
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