Real part of complex number?

Question

I\'m just learning R, so please forgive what I\'m sure is a very elementary question. How do I take the real part of a complex number?

Answer 1

Re(z)

and

Im(z)

would be the functions you're looking for.

See also http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2009/12/18/using-complex-numbers-in-r/