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Coercion functions for creating factors from other existing objects.
as.factor(x, ...)as.ordered(x, ...)
For as.factor(), a factor. For as.ordered(),
an ordered factor.
A vector of data.
Other arguments passed on to methods.
as.factor()generics:::methods_rd("as.factor")
as.ordered()generics:::methods_rd("as.ordered")
These functions override non-generic factor coercion functions provided in base so that packages can provide methods for different data types. The default methods call the base versions.
as.factor(letters[1:5])
as.ordered(letters[1:5])
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