diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4c3471..928a7b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 `TidierCats.jl `is a 100% Julia implementation of the R forcats package. 
 
-`TidierCats.jl` has one main goal: to implement forcats's straightforward syntax and of ease of use while working with categorical variables for Julia users. While this package was develeoped to work seamelessly with `Tidier.jl` fucntions and macros, it can also work as a indepentenly as a standalone package. This package is powered by CateogricalArrays.jl 
+`TidierCats.jl` has one main goal: to implement forcats's straightforward syntax and of ease of use while working with categorical variables for Julia users. While this package was develeoped to work seamelessly with `Tidier.jl` functions and macros, it can also work as a independently as a standalone package. This package is powered by CateogricalArrays.jl. 
 
 ## What functions does TidierCats.jl support?
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ end
 ```
 
 #### `cat_lump_min()`
-This function wil lump any cargory with less than the minimum number of entries and recateogrize it as "Other" as the default, or a category name chosen by the user.
+This function wil lump any category with less than the minimum number of entries and recategorize it as "Other" (the default), or a category name chosen by the user.
 
 ```julia
 lumpedbymin = @chain df begin
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ print(levels(lumpedbymin[!,:CatVar]))
 
 
 #### `cat_lump_prop()`
-This function wil lump any cargory with less than the minimum proportion and recateogrize it as "Other" as the default, or a category name chosen by the user.
+This function wil lump all categories with less than the minimum proportion and recateogrize it as "Other" (the default), or a category name chosen by the user.
 
 ```julia
 lumpedbyprop = @chain df begin
diff --git a/docs/examples/UserGuide/supported_functions.jl b/docs/examples/UserGuide/supported_functions.jl
index a04f2ce..d62cd7a 100644
--- a/docs/examples/UserGuide/supported_functions.jl
+++ b/docs/examples/UserGuide/supported_functions.jl
@@ -155,12 +155,4 @@ print(levels(df.CatVar))
 
 # and
 
-print(levels(lumpedbyprop.CatVar))
-
-
-# ## `cat_na_value_to_level()`
-# This function will replace any missing values in a categorical array with "Missing" to make sure they appear on plots. 
-
-#x = categorical([missing, "A", "B", missing, "A"])
-#cat_na_value_to_level(x)
-#print(levels(x))
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+print(levels(lumpedbyprop.CatVar))
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diff --git a/src/TidierCats.jl b/src/TidierCats.jl
index 9967a94..8efb544 100644
--- a/src/TidierCats.jl
+++ b/src/TidierCats.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ using Reexport
 
 @reexport using CategoricalArrays
 
-export cat_rev, cat_relevel, cat_infreq, cat_lump, cat_reorder, cat_collapse, cat_lump_min, cat_lump_prop, as_categorical
+export cat_rev, cat_relevel, cat_infreq, cat_lump, cat_reorder, cat_collapse, cat_lump_min, cat_lump_prop
+export as_categorical, as_integer
 include("catsdocstrings.jl")
 
 """
@@ -176,4 +177,15 @@ function cat_lump_prop(cat_array, prop::Float64, other_level::String = "Other")
     return new_cat_array
 end
 
+"""
+$docstring_as_integer
+"""
+function as_integer(cat_value::CategoricalValue)
+    return CategoricalArrays.levelcode(cat_value)
+end
+
+function as_integer(cat_array::CategoricalArray)
+    return CategoricalArrays.levelcode.(cat_array)
+end
+
 end
diff --git a/src/catsdocstrings.jl b/src/catsdocstrings.jl
index 2cad118..0f12688 100644
--- a/src/catsdocstrings.jl
+++ b/src/catsdocstrings.jl
@@ -313,3 +313,7 @@ julia> cat_lump_prop(cat_array, 0.3)
  "Other"
  ```
 """
+const docstring_as_integer =
+"""
+Converts a CategoricalValue or CategoricalArray to an integer or vector of integers.
+"""
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