How about the following, if you really want characters or just leave as factor
i <- round(runif(10, 1, 4)) years <- as.character(factor(i, labels = c("Freshman", "Sophomore", "Junior", "Senior"))) HTH, ken ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html