R help - Oct 2009 - Level name as object name

Hi,

If I have a dataset called "data" with a factor called
"Species" that has
three levels "Sp1", "Sp2", and "Sp3".  Is there a
way to name an object
after a specific level?  I have tried the code below and get the error
"error in paste(levels(data$Species)[1]) <- 1:10   could not find
function
"paste<-"

Code:
paste(levels(data$Species)[1])<-1:10

Thanks for your help.

James
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assign(levels(data$Species)[1], 1:10)

or you might want to consider the use of a list depending on what you
are trying to do.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, jimdare <jamesdare26 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If I have a dataset called "data" with a factor called
"Species" that has
> three levels "Sp1", "Sp2", and "Sp3". ?Is
there a way to name an object
> after a specific level? ?I have tried the code below and get the error
> "error in paste(levels(data$Species)[1]) <- 1:10 ? could not find
function
> "paste<-"
>
> Code:
> paste(levels(data$Species)[1])<-1:10
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> James
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