Hi > > Here's an example of relevel used to relevel and combine groups.... > > InsectSprays2<-InsectSprays > levels(InsectSprays2$spray) > levels(InsectSprays2$spray)<-list(new1=c("A","C"),YEPS=c("B","D","E"),LASTLY="F") > levels(InsectSprays2$spray) > InsectSprays2 > > So for you try... > levels (Data1$Site) <- list(Fw =c( "AB"), Est = c("DE"))
Or simply levels (Data1$Site) <- c("Fw", "Est") it is also pretty easy to change only some levels > x.f [1] c a a e a d a d d e a c c c e c c a a b d b d b a e b a b a b d e e c b b [38] d c a d b a d e b d c e e d e a d e b c a d d c c b a a e c c c d c a d c [75] a a b a c c a e d d d e a e d d c a c c c d e a c d Levels: a b c d e > levels(x.f)[1:3]<-"A" > x.f [1] A A A e A d A d d e A A A A e A A A A A d A d A A e A A A A A d e e A A A [38] d A A d A A d e A d A e e d e A d e A A A d d A A A A A e A A A d A A d A [75] A A A A A A A e d d d e A e d d A A A A A d e A A d Levels: A d e > levels(x.f)[2:3]<-c("x", "y") > x.f [1] A A A y A x A x x y A A A A y A A A A A x A x A A y A A A A A x y y A A A [38] x A A x A A x y A x A y y x y A x y A A A x x A A A A A y A A A x A A x A [75] A A A A A A A y x x x y A y x x A A A A A x y A A x Levels: A x y > Regards Petr > > > > > From: deel...@hotmail.com > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:56:25 -0300 > > Subject: [R] Renaming levels of a factor in a dataframe > > > > > > > > Dear Helplist: > > > > > > > > I am trying, unsuccessfully, to rename levels of a factor in a > dataframe. The dataframe consists of two factor variables and one numeric > variable as follows: > > > > Factor Site has 2 levels AB and DE, factor Fish has 30 levels, 15 > associated with each Site e.g. 1-1, 1-2,.....2-1, 2-2.... I am trying to > rename the levels of factor Site from AB to Fw and DE to Est while keeping > them as factors. The following 2 approaches do not work, each giving a > NULL response and creating a character string. > > > > > > > > levels (Data1$Site <- c("Fw", "Est")) This simply gives an alternating > list of Fw, Est, Fw, Est... not the desired 15 concurrent rows of Fw > followed by 15 of Est. > > > > > > > > #levels (Data1$Site <- list(Fw = "AB", Est = "DE")) This gives the same > result. I have tried other approaches to no avail. It seems a simple > problem but has not been so. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions for solving this problem would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > BJ > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.