Coerces an R object into class numeric

This function is based on the native R function as.numeric.

asNumericDS(x.name)

Arguments

x.name

the name of the input object to be coerced to class numeric. Must be specified in inverted commas. But this argument is usually specified directly by <x.name> argument of the clientside function ds.asNumeric.

Value

the object specified by the <newobj> argument (or its default name <x.name>.num) which is written to the serverside. For further details see help on the clientside function ds.asNumeric.

Details

See help for function as.numeric in native R, and details section in the help file of the clientside function ds.asNumeric.

Author

Amadou Gaye, Paul Burton, Demetris Avraam, for DataSHIELD Development Team