From tlumley@u.washington.edu  Thu May  9 21:29:16 2002
From: tlumley@u.washington.edu (tlumley@u.washington.edu)
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 22:29:16 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] rbind.data.frame converts logical to factor (PR#1536)
Message-ID: <200205092029.WAA23882@pubhealth.ku.dk>


> df<-data.frame(a=1:10)
> df$b<-df$a<5
> is.factor(df$b)
[1] FALSE
> ddf<-rbind(df,df)
> is.factor(ddf$b)
[1] TRUE


platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i386
os       linux-gnu
system   i386, linux-gnu
status
major    1
minor    5.0
year     2002
month    04
day      29
language R



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[Rd] rbind.data.frame converts logical to factor (PR#1536)
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