fac2num: Turns a factor into a number

In dendextend: Extending 'dendrogram' Functionality in R

Turns a factor into a number

Description

Turning a factor into a number is not trivial. Using as.numeric would only return to us the indicator numbers and NOT the factor levels turned into a number. fac2num simply turns a factor into a number, as we often need.

Usage

fac2num(x, force_integer = FALSE, keep_names = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x	an object.
force_integer	logical (FALSE). Should the values returned be integers?
keep_names	logical (TRUE). Should the values returned keep the names of the original vector?
...	ignored.

Value

if x is an object - it returns logical - is the object of class dendrogram.

Examples

x <- factor(3:5)
as.numeric(x) # 1 2 3
fac2num(x) # 3 4 5

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