Re: [R] facing problem in setting order of the levels in factor

Hi, I think you are looking for this: y <- factor(x, levels=c("M","F","T")) If you use the function levels(), you change the labels, but not the order, so that the first level (previously "F") will now be labeled "M", the second (previously "M") will now be labeled "F" ,and so on. This explai

[R] facing problem in setting order of the levels in factor

Hi all, I'm just a beginner in R. I have a pretty basic doubt. This is the actual quote I wrote > x<-factor(c("M","F","M","T","M","T")) > levels(x)=c("M","F","T") > x [1] F M F T F T Levels: M F T > table(x) x M F T 1 3 2 Expectation: I just wanted to change my baselevel from F to M. with the num