as.numericSilent: Convert any vector to numeric, if possible

In Smisc: Sego Miscellaneous

Description

Convert any vector to numeric, if possible

Usage

as.numericSilent(x)

Arguments

x	vector of any type

Value

If as.numeric(x) produces an error or warning, x is returned unchanged. Otherwise, as.numeric(x) is returned.

Author(s)

Landon Sego

See Also

as.numeric

Examples

as.numericSilent(c("this","that"))
as.numericSilent(c("2893.9","9423.48"))
as.numericSilent(c("392.1", "that"))

Example output

[1] "this" "that"
[1] 2893.90 9423.48
[1] "392.1" "that" 

Smisc documentation built on May 2, 2019, 2:46 a.m.