title: What's wrong with as.numeric in R?
body: <pre><code>&gt; X864291X8X74
  [1] 8.0000000000  9.0000000000  10.0000000000 6.0000000000  8.0000000000 
  10 Levels: 0.0000000000 10.0000000000 12.0000000000 3.0000000000 4.0000000000 6.0000000000 ... NULL
  
  &gt; as.numeric(X864291X8X74)
  
  [1] 8 9 2 6 8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>what did I misunterstood? shouldn't be the result of as.numeric 8 9 10 6 8?</p>
  
  <p>How do I get the correct result?</p>