R help - Apr 2006 - as.numeric question

Dear all, 
 
Is there a way of keeping the actual information in a factor when
converting it to numeric? 
 
Example:
 
What I want:
 
as.numeric(factor(5:10))
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
 
 
How R works:
 
>    as.numeric(factor(5:10)) #R example on 'as.numeric'
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
 
Thank you very much.
 
Paulo
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Paulo M. Brando
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM)
Santarem, PA, Brasil.
Av. Rui Barbosa, 136.
Fone: + 55 93 3522 55 38
www.ipam.org.br
E-mail: pmbrando@ipam.org.br
 
 

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On 4/27/2006 5:24 PM, Paulo Brando wrote:
> Dear all, 
>  
> Is there a way of keeping the actual information in a factor when
> converting it to numeric? 
>  
> Example:
>  
> What I want:
>  
> as.numeric(factor(5:10))
> 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
>  
>  
> How R works:
>  
>>    as.numeric(factor(5:10)) #R example on 'as.numeric'
> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
>  
> Thank you very much.
Convert to character first:

 > as.numeric(as.character(factor(5:10)))
[1]  5  6  7  8  9 10