[R] conversion error from numeric to factor in raster: Error in 1:ncol(r) : argument of length 0, r command: as.factor()

[Stefan Schmidt]

Hello together,

I was wondering how I can solve the following conversion problem of a 
raster file: when I try to convert the values from the raster (r) from 
numeric into a factor via as.factor(r) always the error appears: "Error 
in 1:ncol(r) : argument of length 0".

r <- raster(ncol=5, nrow=5)
values(r) <- 1:ncell(r)
as.factor(r)

Urgently I have to figure out how to convert a numeric raster into a 
factor raster for a predict() calculation within the raster package.

Every hint is very welcome!

Best,

Stefan

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Stefan Schmidt

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