encode_factors {BiVariAn} | R Documentation |
Encode character variables as factor automatically
Description
Encode character variables as factor automatically
Usage
encode_factors(
data,
encode = c("character", "integer"),
list_factors = NULL,
uselist = FALSE
)
Arguments
data |
Dataframe to be encoded |
encode |
Column class to be encoded. Must be "character" or "integer" |
list_factors |
List of factors to be encoded |
uselist |
Logical operator to determine if use list of factors or not. If TRUE, list_factors argument must be provided. |
Value
Converts listed columns to factors.
Examples
df <- data.frame(has = c("Yes", "No", "Yes", "Yes", "No", "No", "Yes"),
smoke = c("Yes", "No", "No", "Yes", "No", "Yes", "No"),
gender = c("Male", "Female", "Male", "Female", "Female", "Male", "Male"))
str(df)
df <- encode_factors(df, encode = "character")
str(df)
[Package BiVariAn version 1.0.1 Index]