From mh.smith@auckland.ac.nz  Wed May  3 00:46:33 2000
From: mh.smith@auckland.ac.nz (mh.smith@auckland.ac.nz)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:46:33 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] Possible bug in factor (PR#531)
Message-ID: <200005022346.BAA17701@pubhealth.ku.dk>

The expressions

> x<-factor(x)

and

> class(x)<-"factor"

behave differently when x is already an ordered factor.  It may not be a
bug but it caught me out when I was trying to remove the "orderedness"
from a factor variable. The following R code illustrates the difference.
Is this difference between the 2 commands desirable?

> x<-1:3
> class(x)
NULL
> x<-ordered(x)
> class(x)
[1] "ordered" "factor"
> x<-factor(x)
> class(x)
[1] "ordered" "factor"
> class(x)<-"factor"
> class(x)
[1] "factor"

Murray Smith

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[Rd] Possible bug in factor (PR#531)
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