[R] split variable / create categories

[Jean-Christophe BOUËTTÉ]

so what about :
library(ggplot2)
z <- breaks(x,equal=NULL,nbins=4)
a <- cut(x,z,include.lowest = TRUE)
it works for me !
JC

2011/9/9 Martin Batholdy <batholdy at googlemail.com>:
> Thanks for the suggestions!
>
> However all these functions don't produce exactly what I want
> (at least with my actual data).
>
>
> I need a split-algorithm that converts the values of my vectors into four factors.
> And the crucial part is, that I need exactly the same number of elements in each factor-level
> and no overlapping.
>
>
>
> cut() seems to find equal intervals – but that leads to different numbers of elements in each interval.
>
>
> library(lattice)
> equal.count(x,number=4,overlap=0)
>
> seems to do the job, but strangely enough, it seems to ignore the argument 'overlap = 0' in my actual vector –
> I get factor-borders that overlap.
> And I really have to prevent this.
>
>
>
>
> On 09.09.2011, at 17:49, Andrea Spano wrote:
>
>> cut ( x , c(0, 1.4 ,6, 8, Inf ), labels = 1:4, include.lowest = T)
>>
>> On 9 September 2011 17:34, Martin Batholdy <batholdy at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a function or an easy way to convert a variable with continuous values into a categorial variable (with x levels)?
>>
>> here is what I mean:
>>
>>
>> I want to transform x:
>>
>> x <- c(3.2,  1.5,  6.8,  6.9,  8.5,  9.6,  1.1,  0.6)
>>
>> into a 'categorial'-variable with four levels so that I get:
>>
>> [1] 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 1
>>
>> so each element is converted into its rank- value / categorial-value
>> (in this example four levels are created).
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks for any suggestions!
>>
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