Converting column of strings to boolean
Hello,
Something like this?
x <- sample(c("red", "blue", "green", "yellow"), 100, replace = TRUE)
cnames <- unique(x)
sapply(cnames, function(.x) x == .x)
Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 26-01-2013 22:25, domcastro escreveu:
Hi I'm trying to convert a column of strings (nominal types) to a set of boolean / binary / logical values. For example, in the column there is red, blue, green and yellow. There are 100 rows and each has a colour. I want to convert the column to 4 columns: red, blue, green,yellow and then either 1 or 0 put in the relevant row. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Converting-column-of-strings-to-boolean-tp4656739.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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