I am not sure whether this is a bug or a feature, but I thought
that these two would have identical effects ...
> data(iris)
> iris[, 5] <- as.character(iris[, 5])
> is.factor(iris[, 5])
[1] TRUE> is.factor(iris$Species)
[1] TRUE> data(iris)
> iris$Species <- as.character(iris$Species)
> is.factor(iris[, 5])
[1] FALSE> is.factor(iris$Species)
[1] FALSE
Cheers, Jonathan.
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Version:
platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.7
arch = sparc
os = solaris2.7
system = sparc, solaris2.7
status =
major = 1
minor = 1.1
year = 2000
month = August
day = 15
language = R
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