as_categorical: convert to categorical variable

In mabafaba/categorical: Representing and Manipulating categorical data in R

Description

convert to categorical variable

Usage

as_categorical(x = logical(), levels = NULL,
  alternatives = empty_alternatives(levels),
  alternatives_internal = empty_alternatives(levels), class = c())

Arguments

x	a vector or list to be used as values for the categorical vector
levels	list of possible values for x; similar to factor levels
alternatives	a named list of vectors with alternative values corresponding to 'levels'. Must have the same length as levels. Can be accessed with alternate.
alternatives_internal	a named list of vectors with alternative values corresponding to 'levels'. Must have the same length as levels. Can be accessed with alternate. "internal" alternatives are used to store 'fixed' alternatives for classes extending 'cat_categorical'.
class	optional: name the subclass if you are using this to define a new vector type on top of the 'cat_categorical' class

mabafaba/categorical documentation built on May 3, 2020, 9 p.m.