[R] convert numeric variables to factor

Rui Barradas ru|pb@rr@d@@ @end|ng |rom @@po@pt
Mon Apr 9 20:44:20 CEST 2018


Hello,

Though Bert's and David's answers are what you should do, note that some 
R functions that need factors will coerce their input variables when 
necessary.
Have you tried to run the code you haven't posted without coercing to 
factor? It might run...

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

On 4/9/2018 6:11 PM, David L Carlson wrote:
> Try the help files:
> 
> ?factor
> 
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> David L Carlson
> Department of Anthropology
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77843-4352
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> Subject: Re: [R] convert numeric variables to factor
> 
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I have xlsx data set which I have imported to R studio. Now some of the variables are defined as numeric but I want define them as factor variable so that I run classification algorithm in R.
> 
> Please to covert the variables.
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> Abu Afzal
> PhD Eco
> JNU
> India
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