Thanks Bert. I guess I was just wondering if there was a way to create the new factors automatically without me having to hard code the level names manually in my R code.
Rgds Claus On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Bert Gunter <gunter.ber...@gene.com> wrote: > ... or if you want to keep the unchanged levels the same: > > zz <- factor(ifelse( z %in% c("a", "b"),"d" ,levels(z)[z])) > > -- Bert > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Bert Gunter <bgun...@gene.com> wrote: >> If I understand what you mean, just recode them. >> >> z <- factor(letters[1:3]) >> z >> zz <- factor(ifelse( z %in% c("a", "b"),"d" ,z)) >> zz >> >> Cheers, >> Bert >> >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Claus O'Rourke <claus.orou...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hello R-Help, >>> I have a variable with > 32 levels and I'd like to split this into two >>> variables such that both new variables have >= 32 variables. This is >>> to handle the limit of 32 level predictor variables in R's Random >>> Forest implementation. Might someone be able to suggest an elegant way >>> to do this? I've tried googling for this, but haven't hit the right >>> search terms. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Bert Gunter >> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics >> >> Internal Contact Info: >> Phone: 467-7374 >> Website: >> http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm > > > > -- > > Bert Gunter > Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics > > Internal Contact Info: > Phone: 467-7374 > Website: > http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ 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.