Convert simple text fractions to numeric values

Parses character strings of the form "a/b" and returns their numeric value \(a/b\). Intended for ordering or comparing simple fractions.

Usage

frac_to_num(x)

Arguments

x

A character vector of fractions written as "a/b".

Value

A numeric vector of the same length as x.

Examples

frac_to_num(c("1/4", "1/2", "3/4"))
#> [1] 0.25 0.50 0.75