lettersToDecimal: Converts a letters-based representation into normal base 10...

In xrobin/xavamess: Useful Miscellaneous Functions

Description

In effect, this reverses the effect of split where output files are numbered with letters. This can be used to convert from other spaces too.

Usage

lettersToDecimal(..., space = letters)

Arguments

...	objects to be converted
space	the original space, such as letters, LETTERS or 1:10 (which will do nothing)

Examples

lettersToDecimal("aaaa")
lettersToDecimal("bczf")

# Using the space of uppercase letters
lettersToDecimal("BCFZ", space = LETTERS)

# To work with mixed case, use tolower or similar
lettersToDecimal(tolower("Bczf"))

# Multiple inputs, the following lines are equivalent:
lettersToDecimal("aaaa", "bczf")
lettersToDecimal(c("aaaa", "bczf"))

xrobin/xavamess documentation built on June 15, 2021, 3:46 a.m.