drelevel: relev levels for data frames

In mets: Analysis of Multivariate Event Times

relev levels for data frames

Description

levels shows levels for variables in data frame, relevel relevels a factor in data.frame

Usage

drelevel(
  data,
  y = NULL,
  x = NULL,
  ref = NULL,
  newlevels = NULL,
  regex = mets.options()$regex,
  sep = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

data	if x is formula or names for data frame then data frame is needed.
y	name of variable, or fomula, or names of variables on data frame.
x	name of variable, or fomula, or names of variables on data frame.
ref	new reference variable
newlevels	to combine levels of factor in data frame
regex	for regular expressions.
sep	seperator for naming of cut names.
overwrite	to overwrite variable
...	Optional additional arguments

Author(s)

Klaus K. Holst and Thomas Scheike

Examples

data(mena)
dstr(mena)
dfactor(mena)  <- ~twinnum
dnumeric(mena) <- ~twinnum.f

dstr(mena)

mena2 <- drelevel(mena,"cohort",ref="(1980,1982]")
mena2 <- drelevel(mena,~cohort,ref="(1980,1982]")
mena2 <- drelevel(mena,cohortII~cohort,ref="(1980,1982]")
dlevels(mena)
dlevels(mena2)
drelevel(mena,ref="(1975,1977]")  <-  ~cohort
drelevel(mena,ref="(1980,1982]")  <-  ~cohort
dlevels(mena,"coh*")
dtable(mena,"coh*",level=1)

### level 1 of zyg as baseline for new variable
drelevel(mena,ref=1) <- ~zyg
drelevel(mena,ref=c("DZ","[1973,1975]")) <- ~ zyg+cohort
drelevel(mena,ref=c("DZ","[1973,1975]")) <- zygdz+cohort.early~ zyg+cohort
### level 2 of zyg and cohort as baseline for new variables
drelevel(mena,ref=2) <- ~ zyg+cohort
dlevels(mena)

##################### combining factor levels with newlevels argument

dcut(mena,labels=c("I","II","III","IV")) <- cat4~agemena
dlevels(drelevel(mena,~cat4,newlevels=1:3))
dlevels(drelevel(mena,ncat4~cat4,newlevels=3:2))
drelevel(mena,newlevels=3:2) <- ncat4~cat4
dlevels(mena)

dlevels(drelevel(mena,nca4~cat4,newlevels=list(c(1,4),2:3)))

drelevel(mena,newlevels=list(c(1,4),2:3)) <- nca4..2 ~ cat4
dlevels(mena)

drelevel(mena,newlevels=list("I-III"=c("I","II","III"),"IV"="IV")) <- nca4..3 ~ cat4
dlevels(mena)

drelevel(mena,newlevels=list("I-III"=c("I","II","III"))) <- nca4..4 ~ cat4
dlevels(mena)

drelevel(mena,newlevels=list(group1=c("I","II","III"))) <- nca4..5 ~ cat4
dlevels(mena)

drelevel(mena,newlevels=list(g1=c("I","II","III"),g2="IV")) <- nca4..6 ~ cat4
dlevels(mena)

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