var.dummy: Generate dummy variable

In SYNCSA: Analysis of Functional and Phylogenetic Patterns in Metacommunities

Description

Function to expand factor variables in dummy variables in a data.frame. See details.

Usage

var.dummy(data)

Arguments

data	A data.frame.

Details

Variables in the data.frame of class factor is expanded in dummy variables. Each level of factor produce a new column in the dataframe, with presence (1) or absense (0) of level. The name of columns is a combination of orginal variable name plus the level separate by underscore ( _ ). Ordered factor and character class are not expanded.

Value

data	The data with all variables of class factor expanded.
together	A list with sugestion to group of traits that are analysed together.

Author(s)

Vanderlei Julio Debastiani <[e-mail]>

See Also

syncsa, organize.syncsa, var.type

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