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How to create a new level using unique levels of a factor in R data frame?
To create a new level using unique levels of a factor in R data frame, we can follow the below steps −
- First of all, create a data frame with factor column.
- Then, create a new level for the unique values in the factor column using table and levels function.
Create the data frame
Let's create a data frame as shown below −
> Factor<-factor(sample(LETTERS[1:15],20,replace=TRUE)) > df<-data.frame(Factor) > df
On executing, the above script generates the below output(this output will vary on your system due to randomization) −
Factor 1 O 2 D 3 K 4 M 5 C 6 M 7 K 8 F 9 L 10 H 11 E 12 N 13 O 14 E 15 G 16 H 17 E 18 K 19 K 20 F
Create new level using unique values in factor column
Using levels function with table function to create new level for unique values in the factor column subsetting the column with single square brackets −
> Factor<-factor(sample(LETTERS[1:15],20,replace=TRUE)) > df<-data.frame(Factor) > levels(df[,1])[table(df[,1])==1]<-"New_Level" > df
Output
Factor 1 O 2 New_Level 3 K 4 M 5 New_Level 6 M 7 K 8 F 9 New_Level 10 H 11 E 12 New_Level 13 O 14 E 15 New_Level 16 H 17 E 18 K 19 K 20 F
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