Marion Wenty <marion.wenty <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I have got a question concerning the underlying numerical codes when > reading an SPSS file into R. > > I used the package foreign and when I look at a variable I get the verbal > codes. > > I would like to know how it is possible to get the underlying numerical > codes as output, which are the same as in my SPSS file. > You don't need to import both numerical and text values; R can automatically assign numerical values for factors: see ?as.numeric. The default sorting of factor levels in R is alphabetical. To change this, see the "levels" argument of the factor command: ?factor Hope this helps, Michael Bibo Queensland Health ______________________________________________ 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.
