minimum: Minimum between factors

In bomarkussen/LabApplStat: Miscellaneous Scripts from the Data Science Laboratory (UCPH)

Minimum between factors

Description

minimum finds the minimum of two factors, i.e. the finest factors that is coarser than both of the factors.

Usage

minimum(x, y, concatenate.names = TRUE)

Arguments

x	vector that will be interpreted as a factor.
y	vector that will be interpreted as a factor.
concatenate.names	boolean. If TRUE then the levels of the minimum are constructed as the concatenation of the levels for x and y. If FALSE then the levels of the minimum are given as numbers. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

A factor with the minimum.

Author(s)

Bo Markussen

Examples

x <- rep(c("boy","girl","adult","adult"),4)
y <- rep(c("child","child","man","woman"),4)
minimum(x,y)
minimum(x,y,FALSE)

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