fct2num function

Allows conversion of factor to numeric values preserving original levels

fct2num(data)

Arguments

• data: vector

Returns

numeric vector

Examples

c(1, 4, 3, "A", 7, 8, 1) |>
  as_factor() |>
  fct2num()

structure(c(1, 2, 3, 2, 10, 9),
  labels = c(Unknown = 9, Refused = 10),
  class = "haven_labelled"
) |>
  as_factor() |>
  fct2num()

structure(c(1, 2, 3, 2, 10, 9),
  labels = c(Unknown = 9, Refused = 10),
  class = "labelled"
) |>
  as_factor() |>
  fct2num()

structure(c(1, 2, 3, 2, 10, 9),
  labels = c(Unknown = 9, Refused = 10)
) |>
  as_factor() |>
  fct2num()