datawizard (version 0.4.0)

convert_data_to_numeric: Convert data to numeric

Description

Convert data to numeric by converting characters to factors and factors to either numeric levels or dummy variables.

Usage

convert_data_to_numeric(x, ...)
data_to_numeric(x, ...)
# S3 method for data.frame
convert_data_to_numeric(x, dummy_factors = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

A data frame or a vector.

...

Arguments passed to or from other methods.

dummy_factors

Transform factors to dummy factors (all factor levels as different columns filled with a binary 0-1 value).

Value

A data frame of numeric variables.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
convert_data_to_numeric(head(ToothGrowth))
convert_data_to_numeric(head(ToothGrowth), dummy_factors = FALSE)

# }