[R] Converting english words to numeric equivalents

[baptiste auguie]

Here is my attempt at this (taking a specific understanding of the ill- 
defined "equivalence" relation),

unletter <- function(word){
	
	word.broken <- strsplit(word, NULL)
	set.of.numbers <- sapply(word.broken[[1]], function(let) which(let ==  
letters))
	paste(set.of.numbers, sep="", collapse="")
}

unletter("abc")
# "123"
unletter("xyz")
# "242526"
unletter("salut")
# "191122120"


>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to convert english words to numeric equivalents, e.g.,  
>>> abc to
>>> 123. Is there a function or library or package for doing this in  
>>> R? If not,
>>> can it be done easily in R?
>>

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