When I did that, I got -
"Error in `$<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, "site", value = integer(0)) :
replacement has 0 rows, data has 6”
The data frame has 6 rows.
Ken
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> On Mar 3, 2016, at 4:14 PM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Like this?
>
> x <- factor("001-014")
> y <- substr(as.character(x), 1, 3)
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:18 PM, KMNanus <kmna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a factor variable that is 6 digits and hyphenated. For example,
>> 001-014.
>>
>> I need to extract the first 3 digits to a new variable using mutate in dplyr
>> - in this case 001 - but can’t find a function to do it.
>>
>> substr will do this for character strings, but I need the variable to remain
>> as a factor.
>>
>> Is there an R function or workaround to do this?
>>
>>
>> Ken
>> kmna...@gmail.com
>> 914-450-0816 (tel)
>> 347-730-4813 (fax)
>>
>>
>>
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