harmonize.levels: harmonize.levels

In dfeehan/dhstools: Tools for analyzing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

Description

make two factors have the same levels

Usage

harmonize.levels(fac1, fac2)

Arguments

fac1	the first factor
fac2	the second factor

Details

given two factors, where the second factor has the same levels as the first, or where the second factor's levels are a superset of the first's, return a new factor to replace the first one whose levels are the same as the second's. so if we have
fac1 <- c("old", "young", "old") # levels are c("old", "young")
fac2 <- c("young", "old", "infant") # levels are c("infant", "young", "old")
then
res <- harmonize.levels(fac1, fac2)
will return a factor c("old", "young", "old") whose levels are c("infant", "young", "old")

Examples

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