R greater than or equal to character converts to equal sign
问题 I have imported an Excel (xlsx) file using the readxl package in R . One of the columns, labeldata , that is imported into R contains labels for other data contained in the file, so it consists of character data such as ≥65 years old . When I print this labeldata to the console the value for "greater than or equal to 65 years old" is properly displayed as ≥65 years old . However, when I try to combine this column with other columns (using cbind or other methods), the greater than or equal to