I have a table, and I want a new column to add some annotations to.
But it ends up as a factor instead of characters, and won't let me add
arbitrary text.
> data(iris)
> iris<-data.frame(iris,annot=c(""))
> iris[1,"annot"]<-"annotation"
Warning message:
In `[<-.factor`(`*tmp*`, iseq, value = "annotation") :
invalid factor level, NAs generated
> class(iris[,"annot"])
[1] "factor"
> class(c(""))
[1] "character"
Why is c("") a character, but when I add it to a data frame it's a factor?
What am I missing? Is there a better way to add a new column to
a data frame?
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