[R] converting to factor

[Jerome Asselin]

?cut

#E.g.,
cut(c(2.5, 1.6, 3.2),c(-Inf,3,Inf))
#[1] (-Inf,3] (-Inf,3] (3,Inf]

See also the "labels" option of cut().

HTH,
J.

On April 22, 2003 02:14 pm, R. Sean Bowman wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have a list of numbers that I want to convert into factors
> representing ranges of values.  For example, if I have
>
> c(2.5, 1.6, 3.2)
>
> I might want a list of factors like
>
> c("<3", "<3", ">3")
>
> I think I can do this by writing a function and using apply, as.matrix,
> &c., but I'm looking for a nicer way.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Sean
>
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