funModeling (version 1.6.8)

concatenate_n_vars: Concatenate 'N' variables

Description

Concatenate 'N' variables using the char pipe: <|>. This function is used when there is the need of measuring the mutual information and/or the information gain between 'N' input variables an against a target variable. This function makes sense when it is used based on categorical data.

Usage

concatenate_n_vars(data, vars)

Arguments

data

data frame containing the two variables to concatenate

vars

character vector containing all variables to concatenate

Value

vector containing the concatenated values for the given variables

Examples

# NOT RUN {
new_variable=concatenate_n_vars(mtcars, c("cyl", "disp"))
# Checking new variable
head(new_variable)
# }