[R] Converting character to numeric: Error: (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

It's the column that you want to convert, not the data.frame.

f1 <- as.numeric(f$INE001A01036)

Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 07-12-2012 14:23, Vikram Bahure escreveu:
> Dear R users,
>
> I am facing a pretty a unusual problem while converting character to
> numeric. Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Below is the code and error faced:
> ---------------------------------------
> *> str(cmie.dts)*
> *'data.frame': 4397 obs. of  1 variable:*
> * $ INE001A01036: chr  "1482181740.000000" "1482181740.000000"
> "1482181740.000000" "1482181740.000000" ...*
> *> f1 <- as.numeric(f)*
> *Error: (list) object cannot be coerced to type 'double'*
> *-----------------------------------------*
> *
> *
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
> Vikram
>
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