First of all try str(socia) and see what the structure of the data is. R seems to be interpreting that character string as a format If I am reading the error message correctly.
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Chris Anderson <chris6...@netzero.net> wrote: > From: Chris Anderson <chris6...@netzero.net> > Subject: [R] recoding charactor variables with special charactors > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 3:43 PM > I have a several character variables > that I need to recode, but some of them have special > characters like single quote or ( ). How tell R to ignore > these special characters so I can rename them? Below is the > error message I am getting. > > social$FamilySupport[social$FamilySupport=="Mr. XXXs' > extended family live in the Nashville area where he and his > wife reside."]<-"Highly Supportive" > Warning in `[<-.factor`(`*tmp*`, social$FamilySupport == > "Mr. XXXs' extended family live in the Nashville area where > he and his wife reside.", : > invalid factor level, NAs generated > > > > Chris Anderson > 707.315.8486 > www.sassydeals4u.com > ____________________________________________________________ > Click to find deals on color printers and inks. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR5fJC7MeC1xbOpWpulSKIYlbNvfa8G3h7se8nrP9RvM2utx3A3bK/ > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it 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.
