rus2num: Convert string with a number in Russian tradition in numeric

In sophisthse: Load Russian Economic Indicators from the Archive of Economic and Social Data

Description

This function is useful for automatic conversion of strings to numeric

Usage

rus2num(x)

Arguments

x	the string with the number

Details

Russian standards prescribes to use comma as a decimal separator. This function removes spaces and converts string to number.

Value

numeric the number converted from the string

Examples

rus2num('34 345,34')

Example output

[1] 34345.34

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