I am having problems reading a CSV file that has a number in a strange format. I would like to read the value as a number into R.

I am reading the CSV file using read.csv normally into a DF.

The problem is that one of the columns read the value as a factor variable.

Example:
CSV file:

```
713,78-;713,78;577,41-;577,41;123,82-;123,82 

```

After I read it into a dataframe the result is:

```
[1] 713,78- 713,78  577,41- 577,41  123,82- 123,82 
6 Levels: 713,78- 713,78  577,41- 577,41  123,82- 123,82  

```

In the case illustrated above, I would like the following output:

```
[1] -713.78  713.78 -577.41  577.41 -123.82  123.82

```

Where the column number would be class Numeric.