[R] recode categorial vars into binary data

[Chris Stubben]

> First off, stop using cbind() when it is not needed. You will not see the reason 
> when the columns are all numeric but you will start experiencing pain and puzzlement 
> when the arguments are of mixed classes. The data.frame function will do what you want. 
>(Where do people pick up this practice anyway?)

Maybe from help( data.frame)?

It's in most of the  examples and is not needed ...

 L3 <- LETTERS[1:3]
     (d <- data.frame(cbind(x=1, y=1:10), fac=sample(L3, 10, replace=TRUE)))
     
     ## The same with automatic column names:
     data.frame(cbind(  1,   1:10),     sample(L3, 10, replace=TRUE))
     

Chris




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Chris Stubben

Los Alamos National Lab
Bioscience Division
MS M888
Los Alamos, NM 87545