as_factor: Convert to Factor
In mlr-org/mlr3misc: Helper Functions for 'mlr3'

as_factor

R Documentation

Convert to Factor

Description

Converts a vector to a factor() and ensures that levels are in the order of the provided levels.

Usage

as_factor(x, levels, ordered = is.ordered(x))

Arguments

`x`	(atomic `vector()`) Vector to convert to factor.
`levels`	(`character()`) Levels of the new factor.
`ordered`	(`logical(1)`) If `TRUE`, create an ordered factor.

Value

(factor()).

Examples

x = factor(c("a", "b"))
y = factor(c("a", "b"), levels = c("b", "a"))

# x with the level order of y
as_factor(x, levels(y))

# y with the level order of x
as_factor(y, levels(x))

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