convert: Strict type conversion

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Description

Function to convert data from one class to that of another data object so that they are comparable.

Usage

convert(from, to)

Arguments

from	Data object to be converted.
to	Data object with class to be converted to

Details

Follows R's upwards coercion logic, and is not downwards compatible, i.e, a numeric can be converted to a string, but a string, even "1", will not be converted to numeric.

Value

A data object with the same class as 'to' parameter, if possible.

Examples

convert(1, "2")
[1] "1"
convert(T, "I'm a test string")
[1] "TRUE"

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