Hi you can use newvariable=as.numeric(variablename). This converts your factors into numeric variables, but not always with the desired result. So make sure that you check whether "newvariable" gives you what you want. Otherwise recoding by hand is indicated.
Best, Daniel Noah Silverman-3 wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm training an SVM (C-classification from e1071 library) > > Some of the variables in my data set are nominal. Is there some > easy/automatic way to convert them to numerical representations? > > Thanks, > > -N > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/nominal-to-numeric-function-tp24930466p24939723.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
