How to transform into numerical data?

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VERY new to R.
As in, it took me 1 hour to work around my data <- read.csv("filename.csv") error, type of new to R (apparently my working directory has to be refreshed each time I open R, if you were curious).

I have 3 data columns filled with 50 rows of Yes/No answers (column names= Score1, Score2, Score3) and I need to transform the answers in those 3 columns into numbers where Yes=1, No=2.
Downloaded and loaded tidyverse.
As far as I understand, I should be able to use the transform or mutate function, but no amount of reading into those functions helps me understand how I should be able to use them in reference to my specific dataset.
Any and all help would be highly appreciated

**loaded magrittr

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Something like

library(magritter)
data  %<>% mutate(newScore1 = ifelse(Score1 == "Yes",1,0)

Notice that this translates any error where the answer is neither "Yes" nor "No" into "No." That might or might not be what you want.

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literally speechless with gratitude. I think this is the first line of code that worked smoothly without any errors
do you accept paypal

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yes i understand, i was just joking :grin:

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:grinning:
Hearing that my reply helped is appreciated though!

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