> -----Original Message----- > This would do it in your example: > > > levels(animals$V1) <- c("cat","tiger","dog","fish") > > table(animals) > > cat tiger dog fish > 2 2 0 0
But be very wary of levels(animals$V2)<- c("cat","tiger","dog","fish") table(animals$V2) cat tiger dog fish 2 2 0 0 # !! levels overwrites factor levels... factor(x, levels = ...) doesn't. S******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.