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+#' Convert character vector of numeric values into a numeric vector
+#'
+#' @description
+#' Converts a character vector of numeric values into a numeric vector
+#' @param x a character vector of numeric values
+#'
+#' @return A numeric vector
+#' @examples
+#' to_numeric('12312')
+#' @export
+to_numeric = function(x){
+  proxy = as.numeric(as.character(x))
+  return(proxy)
+}