>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I have a quick question, which I hope someone can help.
>
> I am using the levels function in R, which helps to summarize the number of
> factors that I have in a vector in an ordered manner.
>
> Using an already existing example:
>
> > state <- c("tas", "sa", "qld", "nsw", "nsw", "nt", "wa", "wa",
> "qld", "vic", "nsw", "vic", "qld", "qld", "sa", "tas",
> "sa", "nt", "wa", "vic", "qld", "nsw", "nsw", "wa",
> "sa", "act", "nsw", "vic", "vic", "act")
>
> > statef <- factor(state)
>
> > levels(statef)
>
> [1] "act" "nsw" "nt" "qld" "sa" "tas" "vic" "wa"
>
>
> I will now like to go through the entire vector "state", and generate the
> corresponding level. Using the example, there are 8 levels, and so I will
> like to generate the corresponding vector (6, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3, .......1) which
> is the "level number" corresponding to the vector "state".
>
> Any guidance/assistance will be much appreciated. Thank you so much!!
>
> sincerely,
> Jeff
>
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