title: R- converting data from fraction to decimal
body: <p>Is there a simple way to convert data in a dataframe from fraction to decimal format?  I have a column of data that that's been recorded as a fraction:</p>
  
  <p>Levels:   1/2  1/3  1/4  1/5  1/8  2/3</p>
  
  <p>Is there a quick way to convert it to .5 .333 25 .2 .125 .67?  </p>