Hi to all useRs on the list.
I want to know if there is a function in R which evaluates if observations of
two factors (similar but with unequal levels) in a data frame are equal at row
level.
Example of dataset:
var1 <- c(1, 2, 3, 2, 1)
var2 <- c(1, 3, 3, 4, 2)
dat <- data.frame(var1, var2)
dat$var1 <- factor(dat$var1, labels = c("low", "medium", "high"))
dat$var2 <- factor(dat$var2, labels = c("low", "medium", "high", "very high"))
What I want as a result is a logical vector that says if observation [i, 1] is
equal to observation [i, 2].
Something like...
var1[1] == var2[1] # TRUE
var1[2] == var2[2] # FALSE
var1[3] == var2[3] # TRUE
var1[4] == var2[4] # FALSE
var1[4] == var2[4] # FALSE
I've tried equal signs (==), commands such as "identical" and "all.equal" in
"for loops" and I can't make it work for factors.
It seems very simple but I just don't find the way to do it.
Regards,
Mart�n
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