levels.factor {base}

R Documentation

Factor Levels Assignment

Description

Provide a way to alter the levels attribute of factor.

Usage

levels(x) <- value

Arguments

x	a factor.
value	a vector of character strings with length at least the number of levels of x, or a named list specifying how to rename the levels.

See Also

factor, levels, levels<-, nlevels.

Examples

## assign individual levels
x <- gl(2, 4, 8)
levels(x)[1] <- "low"
levels(x)[2] <- "high"
x

## or as a group
y <- gl(2, 4, 8)
levels(y) <- c("low", "high")
y

## combine some levels
z <- gl(3, 2, 12)
levels(z) <- c("A", "B", "A")
z

## same, using a named list
z <- gl(3, 2, 12)
levels(z) <- list(A=c(1,3), B=2)
z

## we can add levels this way:
f <- factor(c("a","b"))
levels(f) <- c("c", "a", "b")
f

f <- factor(c("a","b"))
levels(f) <- list(C="C", A="a", B="b")
f

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