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...1 1 1 1 1 1 ... $ Site_IndNum : Factor w/ 1044 levels "PYBR002A_001",..: 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 ... .... ... $ Area : num 463.3 29.5 101.8 152.9 34.6 ... However, whenever I try to assign values, like this df2[j,1]<-df2$Site[i] the values are changed from alphanumeric (e.g. PYBR003A) to numerals (e.g. 1). Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can assign the actual values from df1 to df2? Thanks in advance, Wade [[alternative HTML version deleted]]