assign(levels(data$Species)[1], 1:10) or you might want to consider the use of a list depending on what you are trying to do.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, jimdare <jamesdar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > If I have a dataset called "data" with a factor called "Species" that has > three levels "Sp1", "Sp2", and "Sp3". Is there a way to name an object > after a specific level? I have tried the code below and get the error > "error in paste(levels(data$Species)[1]) <- 1:10 could not find function > "paste<-" > > Code: > paste(levels(data$Species)[1])<-1:10 > > Thanks for your help. > > James > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Level-name-as-object-name-tp25708252p25708252.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
