[R] How to change the levels of a variable???

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Ronaldo Reis Jr. wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a simple question.
>
> I have a variable with 3 levels.
>
> Variable
> A A A A A A
> B B B B B B
> C C C C C C
>
> I need to make a new vector renaming de levels B and C for D.
>
> NewVariable
> A A A A A A
> D D D D D D
> D D D D D D
>
> I dont find how to make it in manuals or in this list.

See ?levels and follow the link to ?"levels<-.factor"

> old <- factor(LETTERS[1:3])
> old
[1] A B C
Levels:  A B C
> levels(new) <- c("A", "D", "D")
> new
[1] A D D
Levels:  A D

You could use
> factor(old, labels=c("A", "D", "D"))
[1] A D D
Levels:  A D D

but as you see, that is not precisely the same thing.

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