How to exclude a level from a factor

Hi,

I could not use 'exlcude=' option in factor()
to exclude a level from a existing factor.

x is a factor:

x
[1] a b c
Levels: a b c

factor(x,exclude="c")
[1] a b c
Levels: a b c
Warning message:
NAs introduced by coercion

However, "c" is not coded as NA.

The following does not work either:

factor(x,exclude=factor("c",levels=c("a","b","c")))
[1] a b c
Levels: a b c

What's wrong with my codes?
factor(x, levels=letters[1:2])

Uwe Ligges
Thanks for any help

Qiong Yang

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How to exclude a level from a factor

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