Compared to base R, this function creates levels in the order in which they appear, which will be the same on every platform. (Base R sorts in the current locale which can vary from place to place.)
as_factor(x, ...)# S3 method for factor as_factor(x, ...)# S3 method for character as_factor(x, ...)# S3 method for numeric as_factor(x, ...)
# S3 method for factor as_factor(x, ...)
# S3 method for character as_factor(x, ...)
# S3 method for numeric as_factor(x, ...)
Object to coerce to a factor.
Other arguments passed down to method.
This is a generic function.
# NOT RUN { x <- c("a", "z", "g") as_factor(x) as.factor(x) y <- c("1.1", "11", "2.2", "22") as_factor(y) as.factor(y) # }
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