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creating ordinal numbers
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ord.R
# casting as integer
int_cyl <- as.integer(mtcars$cyl)
int_cyl
# creating a factor
factor_cyl <- as.factor(mtcars$cyl)
factor_cyl
# flag columns / dummy variables
library(caret)
trans <- dummyVars(~ as.factor(cyl), data=mtcars)
predict(trans, mtcars)
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