How to read data when some numbers contain commas as thousand separator?

Question

I have a csv file where some of the numerical values are expressed as strings with commas as thousand separator, e.g. \"1,513\" instead of 1513. Wh

Answer 1

Using read_delim function, which is part of readr library, you can specify additional parameter:

locale = locale(decimal_mark = ",")

read_delim("filetoread.csv", ';", locale = locale(decimal_mark = ","))

*Semicolon in second line means that read_delim will read csv semicolon separated values.

This will help to read all numbers with a comma as proper numbers.

Regards

Mateusz Kania