[R] factor

[Peter Dalgaard]

kayj wrote:
> I am looking into change the numeric order in the level of the factor 
> 
>> x<-c("A","B","C")
>> fx<-factor(x)
>> fx
> [1] A B C
> Levels: A B C
>> factor(x)
> [1] A B C
> Levels: A B C
>> as.numeric(fx)
> [1] 1 2 3
>  
> I want to change the order of the numeric into 3 corresponds to “A” level, 2
> corresponds to “B” level and 1 corresponds to “C” level
> 
> So when I type in 
> 
> As.numeric(fx) I  would like to get 
> 
> 3 2 1 
> 
> Your help is greatly appreciated
> 

fx <- factor(x, levels=c("C","B","A"))

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