Convert variable to integer avoiding potential issues with factors

as_integer(x)

Arguments

x	Input variable

Value

Integer

Examples

as_integer(rnorm(10))
#>  [1] -1  0 -2  0  0  1 -1  0  0  0
as_integer(letters)
#>  [1]  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
#> [26] 26
as_integer(as.factor(5:10))
#> [1]  5  6  7  8  9 10
as.integer(as.factor(5:10))
#> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
as_integer(c("a","b"))
#> [1] 1 2
as_integer(c("0","1"))
#> [1] 0 1
as_integer(as.factor(c("0","1")))
#> [1] 0 1