[R] c/cbind/rbind of factor variables

[Chong Gu]

Thanks for all the replies.

Actually, I ran into this only because I was using the wrong approach
to solve the real problem I had.  Through private email exchanges
Professor Ripley tipped me into the right direction, so case is solved
but not through this.

Thanks to all for your attentions.

Chong Gu


> Chong Gu <chong at stat.purdue.edu> writes:
> 
> > I guess this is a feature
> > 
> > > c(as.factor(2),as.factor(3))
> > [1] 1 1
> > 
> > But is there a way to turn off the feature and return the following?
> > 
> > [1] 2 3
> > 
> > Thanks for any pointer.
> 
> How about 
> 
> cc <- function(...) do.call("c", lapply(list(...),as.character))
> cc(as.factor(2),as.factor(3))
> 
> ?
> 
> (or as.integer(do.call.....) if you really want integers back)
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