forcats (version 0.5.1)

fct_other: Replace levels with "other"

Description

Replace levels with "other"

Usage

fct_other(f, keep, drop, other_level = "Other")

Arguments

f

A factor (or character vector).

keep, drop

Pick one of keep and drop:

• keep will preserve listed levels, replacing all others with other_level.

• drop will replace listed levels with other_level, keeping all as is.

other_level

Value of level used for "other" values. Always placed at end of levels.

See Also

fct_lump() to automatically convert the rarest (or most common) levels to "other".

Examples

x <- factor(rep(LETTERS[1:9], times = c(40, 10, 5, 27, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)))

fct_other(x, keep = c("A", "B"))
fct_other(x, drop = c("A", "B"))