Momocs (version 1.2.9)

rw_fac: Renames levels on Momocs objects

Description

rw_fac stands for 'rewriting rule'. Typically useful to correct typos at the import, or merge some levels within covariates. Drops levels silently.

Usage

rw_fac(x, fac, from, to)

Arguments

x

any Momocs object

fac

the id of the name of the $fac column to look for (fac_dispatcher not yet supported)

from

which level(s) should be renamed; passed as a single or several characters

to

which name should be used to rename this/these levels

Value

a Momocs object of the same type

See Also

Other handling functions: arrange, at_least, chop, combine, dissolve, fac_dispatcher, filter, mutate, rescale, rm_harm, rm_uncomplete, sample_frac, sample_n, select, slice

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# single renaming
rw_fac(bot, "type", "whisky", "agua_de_fuego")$type # 1 instead of "type" is fine too
# several renaming
bot2 <- mutate(bot, fake=factor(rep(letters[1:4], 10)))
rw_fac(bot2, "fake", c("a", "e"), "ae")$fake
# }