How to drop factor levels in subset of a data frame in R?
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13-09-2020 - |
Question
How to drop factor levels in subset of a data frame in R?
There are two ways to do drop the factor levels in a subset of a data frame, first one is by using factor function and another is by using lapply.
Example
> df <- data.frame(alphabets=letters[1:10], numbers=seq(0:9)) > levels(df$alphabets) [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" > subdf <- subset(df, numbers <= 6) > subdf alphabets numbers 1 a 1 2 b 2 3 c 3 4 d 4 5 e 5 6 f 6 > levels(subdf$alphabets) [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j"
Although we have created a subset but the level of factor variable alphabets still showing 10 levels. If we want to drop the factor levels then it can be done by
Using factor function
> subdf$alphabets <- factor(subdf$alphabets) > levels(subdf$alphabets) [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f"
Using lapply
> subdf[] <- lapply(subdf, function(x) if(is.factor(x)) factor(x) else x) > levels(subdf$alphabets) [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f"
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