factor.as.numeric: convert a factor vector to a numeric vector

In gnapham/shortcuts: Quick R Solutions

Description

factor.as.numeric intuitively converts a factor vector of numbers to real numbers and not factors. This is typically an issue when there are repeating numbers in a vector or data frame and base R automatically categorizes them as factors.

Usage

factor.as.numeric(x)

Arguments

x

Examples

yourVector <- as.factor(c(1,1,2,2,4,4,4,5,5,5,5))

# this will not work intuitively for numbers
# mistakenly categorized as factors.
as.numeric(yourVector)

# use this instead.
factor.as.numeric(yourVector)

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