FactorToNumeric: Convert a factor variable to a numeric vector

In NumbersInternational/flipTransformations: Data transformations for flip

Convert a factor variable to a numeric vector

Description

Convert a factor variable to a numeric vector (when the factor is ordered), or a matrix of indicator variables (when the factor is not ordered).

Usage

FactorToNumeric(x, binary = TRUE, name = NULL, remove.first = TRUE)

Arguments

x	A factor or ordered factor.
binary	Returns the factor as binary variables. If FALSE, OrderedToNumeric.
name	The name of the variable.
remove.first	Remove the first binary variable, if a binary variable is being created.

Value

a vector of length x, if x is an ordered factor; otherwise, a 0-1 matrix with number of rows equal to the length of x an number of columns equal to the number of levels in x

See Also

model.matrix, AsNumeric, OrderedToNumeric

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