Allows conversion of factor to numeric values preserving original levels

Allows conversion of factor to numeric values preserving original levels

Usage

fct2num(data)

Arguments

data

vector

Value

numeric vector

Examples

c(1, 4, 3, "A", 7, 8, 1) |>
  as_factor() |>
  fct2num()
#> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 1

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

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

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