Converting factors (that are numbers) to numerics, without changing the values in my vector

Asked Oct 08 '22 at 15:42

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So I have this vector that I have called RF, and I have named the data frame that this vector is in RFdf. As we can see, it is a factor. However, when I try to convert it to a numeric in the following way, I lose my RF values... Why is this happening?

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asked Oct 08 '22 at 15:42

Mistah White

You need to convert to character first: `as.numeric(as.character(RFdf$RF))` – Dave2e Oct 08 '22 at 15:46
This is documented in `?factor`, which recommends using `as.numeric(levels(f))[f]` to convert factor `f` to the values. – user2554330 Oct 08 '22 at 15:51

Converting factors (that are numbers) to numerics, without changing the values in my vector

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