cleaner_conversions: Cleaner conversion functions

In roperators: Additional Operators to Help you Write Cleaner R Code

Cleaner conversion functions

Description

Cleaner conversion functions

convert x to arbitrary class

Usage

chr(x, ...)

int(x, ...)

dbl(x, ...)

num(x, ...)

bool(x, ...)

as.class(x, class)

Arguments

x	object to be converted
...	other args for as. conversion
class	chatracter name of the class to convert x to

Note

These are shorthand aliases for common conversions There is nothing magical here, but it can make your code more readable

Author(s)

Steven Nydick, [e-mail]

Ben Wiseman, [e-mail]

Examples

chr(42)   # "42" = as.character
int(42.1) # 42L  = as.integer
dbl("42L") # 42.0 = as.double
num("42") # 42   = as.numeric
bool(42)  # TRUE = as.logical


foo <- 255
as.class(foo, "roman")
# [1] CCLV

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