[R] recoding variables

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Shayna Strom wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was hoping someone could help me.  I am a graduate student new to using R, and I'm trying to figure out how to recode a continuous variable to make it into an ordinal variable with 3 categories.  I literally have no idea how to proceed--could anyone possibly advise me?  Please copy me on any responses, as I have just subscribed to the R-help email list but don't know whether the subscription has gone through yet.
> 
> Thanks so much-
> Shayna
> 
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Sorry sent too quickly. Probably what you want is ?cut too.

x <- runif(30)
xcut <- cut(x, c(0, 1/3, 2/3, 1))
xord <- ordered(xcut)