How to convert a factor to integer\numeric without loss of information?

When I convert a factor to a numeric or integer, I get the underlying level codes, not the values as numbers. f <- factor(sample(runif(5), 20, replace = TRUE)) ## [1] 0.0248644019011408 0.0248644019011408 0.179684827337041 ## [4] 0.0284090070053935 0.363644931698218 0.363644931698218 ## [7] 0.179684827337041 0.249704354675487 0.249704354675487 ## [10] 0.0248644019011408 0.249704354675487 0.0284090070053935 ## [13] 0.179684827337041 0.0248644019011408 0.179684827337041 ## [16] … Read more

Change column type in pandas

I want to convert a table, represented as a list of lists, into a pandas DataFrame. As an extremely simplified example: a = [[‘a’, ‘1.2’, ‘4.2’], [‘b’, ’70’, ‘0.03’], [‘x’, ‘5’, ‘0’]] df = pd.DataFrame(a) What is the best way to convert the columns to the appropriate types, in this case columns 2 and 3 … Read more

Regular cast vs. static_cast vs. dynamic_cast [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: When should static_cast, dynamic_cast, const_cast and reinterpret_cast be used? (9 answers) Closed 7 years ago. I’ve been writing C and C++ code for almost twenty years, but there’s one aspect of these languages that I’ve never really understood. I’ve obviously used regular casts i.e. MyClass *m = (MyClass *)ptr; … Read more

Get int value from enum in C#

I have a class called Questions (plural). In this class there is an enum called Question (singular) which looks like this. public enum Question { Role = 2, ProjectFunding = 3, TotalEmployee = 4, NumberOfServers = 5, TopBusinessConcern = 6 } In the Questions class I have a get(int foo) function that returns a Questions … Read more

Do I cast the result of malloc?

In this question, someone suggested in a comment that I should not cast the result of malloc. i.e., I should do this: int *sieve = malloc(sizeof(*sieve) * length); rather than: int *sieve = (int *) malloc(sizeof(*sieve) * length); Why would this be the case? 2 29 TL;DR int *sieve = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * length); … Read more

When should static_cast, dynamic_cast, const_cast and reinterpret_cast be used?

What are the proper uses of: static_cast dynamic_cast const_cast reinterpret_cast C-style cast (type)value Function-style cast type(value) How does one decide which to use in which specific cases? 9 static_cast is the first cast you should attempt to use. It does things like implicit conversions between types (such as int to float, or pointer to void*), … Read more