@Above, Thanks. That certainly helps. I understand that the rpart splits only in binary. Is there any support in R to make the split have more than 2 nodes? Cheers, Jagdeesh -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Rpart-query-tp2991198p2991643.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.