Convert variable to numeric avoiding potential issues with factors

as_numeric(x)

Arguments

x	Input variable

Value

Numeric

Examples

as_numeric(rnorm(10))
#>  [1] -0.55369938  0.62898204  2.06502490 -1.63098940  0.51242695 -1.86301149
#>  [7] -0.52201251 -0.05260191  0.54299634 -0.91407483
as_numeric(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_numeric(as.factor(5:10))
#> [1]  5  6  7  8  9 10
as.numeric(as.factor(5:10))
#> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
as_numeric(c("a","b"))
#> [1] 1 2
as_numeric(c("3","4"))
#> [1] 3 4
as_numeric(as.factor(c("3","4")))
#> [1] 3 4