as_numeric_comma: Converts Character to Numeric for Numbers Using a Decimal...
In STAT-UP/statupinternal: STAT-UP Utility Functions

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

This function turns character variables containing numbers but using a decimal comma, e.g. "1,23" into a numeric.

1	as_numeric_comma(.x, .group.separator = ".")

`.x`	Character vector. The first "," of each entry is turned into a "." and `as.numeric()` is applied to the result.
`.group.separator`	Character value. This character is removed from the input before conversion. Useful to remove "." used as grouping character (e.g. "1.234,56")

A numeric vector of same length as .x.

as_numeric_comma(c("1,234", "4", "1.234", "1,2,3"))

# .group.separator:
as_numeric_comma(c("1.234,56", "1.234"))
as_numeric_comma(c("1.234,56", "1.234"), .group.separator = ".")