R: Numeric Encoding of a Partitioning

partconv {mclust} | R Documentation

## Numeric Encoding of a Partitioning

### Description

Converts a vector interpreted as a classification or partitioning into a numeric vector.

### Usage

    partconv(x, consec=TRUE)

### Arguments

`x` | A vector interpreted as a classification or partitioning.
`consec` | Logical value indicating whether or not to consecutive class numbers should be used .

### Value

Numeric encoding of `x`. When `consec = TRUE`, the distinct values in `x` are numbered by the order in which they appear. When `consec = FALSE`, each distinct value in `x` is numbered by the index corresponding to its first appearance in `x`.

### See Also

`partuniq`

### Examples

    partconv(iris[,5])

    set.seed(0)
    cl <- sample(LETTERS[1:9], 25, replace=TRUE)
    partconv(cl, consec=FALSE)
    partconv(cl, consec=TRUE)

[Package mclust version 5.4.9 Index]