This is a shortcut function to convert a factor to a character variable without having to type as.character()
defac(x)
a factor to be turned into a character
A character
factor, levels to understand the R implementation of factors.
factor
levels
# NOT RUN { a <- as.factor(LETTERS) summary(a) b <- defac(a) class(b) # }
Run the code above in your browser using DataLab