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...ively re-orders the levels into alphabetical order (in the current locale), forms a factor with those levels and then returns the internal codes. This is rarely what is wanted, as if the levels are not in alphabetical order this is normally reflects some other natural order and the function should normallyrecognize that. I normally use unclass() to get the internal codes, but as.vector and as.integer work equally well. R has a codes() replacement function that is also deprecated, and of which we can find no uses. Brian Ripley -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Appl...