R help - Sep 2008 - Converting to unsigned char

Is there a way to convert a character (such as "m") to a value between
0
and 255?
 
Thanks in advance,
Dave

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Hutchinson,David [PYR] wrote:
> Is there a way to convert a character (such as "m") to a value
between 0
> and 255?
>   
 > as.numeric(charToRaw("m"))
[1] 109

Watch out with non-ascii characters though.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
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