[R] split variable / create categories

[Jean-Christophe BOUËTTÉ]

Hi there,
library(lattice)
equal.count(x,number=4,overlap=0)


JC

2011/9/9 Martin Batholdy <batholdy at googlemail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> is there a function or an easy way to convert a variable with continuous values into a categorial variable (with x levels)?
>
> here is what I mean:
>
>
> I want to transform x:
>
> x <- c(3.2,  1.5,  6.8,  6.9,  8.5,  9.6,  1.1,  0.6)
>
> into a 'categorial'-variable with four levels so that I get:
>
> [1] 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 1
>
> so each element is converted into its rank- value / categorial-value
> (in this example four levels are created).
>
>
>
> thanks for any suggestions!
>
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