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Convert character vector to numeric, ignoring irrelevant characters.
destring(x, keep = "0-9.-")
vector of type numeric
A vector to be operated on
Characters to keep in, in bracket regular expression form. Typically includes 0-9 as well as the decimal separator (. in the US and , in Europe).
destring("24k") destring("5,5")
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