[R] Create a categorical variable using the deciles of data

[Ebert,Timothy Aaron]

A problem in R is that there are several dozen ways to do any of these basic activities. I used the approach that I could get to work the fastest and tried to make it somewhat general. I do not know functions like ?pretty that Rui used, nor ?quantile or ?cut. It is a difficulty in learning R where the internet or sites like this one are the "teacher." There are plenty of books, but they too take one approach to solve a problem rather than "here is a problem" and "these are all possible solutions." I appreciate seeing alternative solutions.

Tim

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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 9:08 AM
To: anteneh asmare <hanatezera using gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [R] Create a categorical variable using the deciles of data

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Can you explain why you are not using
?quantile
to find the deciles then
?cut
to construct the factor?
What have I misunderstood?

On Tue, 14 Jun 2022 at 23:29, anteneh asmare <hanatezera using gmail.com> wrote:

> I want Create a categorical variable using the deciles of the 
> following data frame to divide the individuals into 10 groups equally.
> I try the following codes
> data_catigocal<-data.frame(c(1:50000))
> # create categorical vector using deciles group_vector <-
>
> c('0-10','11-20','21-30','31-40','41-50','51-60','61-70','71-80','81-9
> 0','91-100') # Add categorical variable to the data_catigocal 
> data_catigocal$decile <- factor(group_vector) # print data frame 
> data_catigocal
>
> can any one help me with the r code
> Kind regards,
> Hana
>
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