Coerce to numerical and identify non-numerical entries

This function attempts to coerce a variable to numerical and identifies any non-numerical entries. It returns the coerced numerical vector and prints a message indicating any non-numerical entries found.

Usage

as_numerical(x)

Arguments

x

A vector to be coerced to numerical.

Value

A numerical vector with non-numerical entries coerced to NA.

Details

Factors are coerced using their labels rather than their underlying integer codes.

See also

Other numerical: is_numerical()

Examples

as_numerical(c("1", "2", "A", "4", "B"))
#> ✖ Non-numerical entries found: A, B
#> [1]  1  2 NA  4 NA
as_numerical(factor(c("10", "20", "A")))
#> ✖ Non-numerical entries found: A
#> [1] 10 20 NA