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Transform string to numeric.

Source: R/stringsAsNumeric.R
stringAsNumeric.Rd

Transform a string variable within a GADSdat or all_GADSdat object to a numeric variable.

Usage

stringAsNumeric(GADSdat, varName)

Arguments

GADSdat

GADSdat object imported via eatGADS.

varName

Character string of a variable name.

Value

Returns the GADSdat object with with the changed variable.

Details

Applied to a GADSdat or all_GADSdat object, this function uses asNumericIfPossible to change the variable class and changes the format column in the meta data.