h_factor_ref: Convert Character to Factor Following Reference
Description
Convert Character to Factor Following Reference
Usage
h_factor_ref(x, ref, var_name = vname(x))
Value
Factor vector with updated levels.
Arguments
- x
(character
or factor
)
input.
- ref
(factor
)
reference.
- var_name
(string
)
variable name of input x
.
Details
Use ref
to convert x
into factor with the same levels.
This is needed even if x
and ref
are both character
because
in model.matrix
if x
only has one level there could be errors.