R: Converting data frame (mixed factor and numeric) to XTS in R

Question

When converting a data frame with mixed factor and numeric columns to an xts, all of my data gets converted to strings. This isn\'t a problem with the factors, but it\'s ext

Answer 1

It is a limitation by design. keep in mind that xts or zoo is basically a matrix plus index. not a dataframe plus index.

Answer 2

You cannot do this as xts requires a numeric matrix.