The “as.numeric” Function in R

• Package: Base R (no specific package required)

• Purpose: Converts an object to a numeric type.

• General Class: Data Transformation

• Required Argument(s):

• x: An R object to be converted to a numeric type.

• Notable Optional Arguments:

• None

• Example:

• # Example data for using the as.numeric function
  character_vector <- c("1", "2", "3", "4")
  
  # Use as.numeric to convert a character vector to a numeric vector
  numeric_result <- as.numeric(character_vector)
  
  # Display the result
  print(numeric_result)

• In this example, the as.numeric function is used to convert a character vector (character_vector) to a numeric vector (numeric_result). The resulting numeric vector contains the numerical values corresponding to the characters in the original vector. The as.numeric function is frequently used to ensure that a variable is treated as a numeric type, which is essential for mathematical operations and statistical analyses.