[R] renaming factors *efficiently*

[Federico Calboli]

Hi All,

I have a data frame where a couple of columns are factors, with long and complex names. Everything works ok --in R, but I need to export the data so it can be used on a dumber program (one with a three letters name starting with S...). I know that those complex factor names are causing problems reading the data in from acsv file, so I was thinking of renaming the factors. Problem is, I have 173 and 690 factors respectively, so I'd appreciate any advice on how to do it *efficiently*

TIA,

Federico


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Federico C. F. Calboli
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