Thanks a lot. That was helpful.
My apologize, as both "cmie.dts" and 'f" are same.


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas@sapo.pt> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It's the column that you want to convert, not the data.frame.
>
> f1 <- as.numeric(f$INE001A01036)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Rui Barradas
> Em 07-12-2012 14:23, Vikram Bahure escreveu:
>
>> Dear R users,
>>
>> I am facing a pretty a unusual problem while converting character to
>> numeric. Any input would be appreciated.
>>
>> Below is the code and error faced:
>> ------------------------------**---------
>> *> str(cmie.dts)*
>> *'data.frame': 4397 obs. of  1 variable:*
>> * $ INE001A01036: chr  "1482181740.000000" "1482181740.000000"
>> "1482181740.000000" "1482181740.000000" ...*
>> *> f1 <- as.numeric(f)*
>> *Error: (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'*
>> *-----------------------------**------------*
>> *
>>
>> *
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards
>> Vikram
>>
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