Warning in R – Ops.factor: not meaningful (2 Examples)
In this R programming tutorial you’ll learn how to deal with the warning message “In Ops.factor : not meaningful for factors”.
Exemplifying Data
my_data <- factor(5) # Exemplifying data object my_data # Print data object to RStudio console # [1] 5 # Levels: 5 |
my_data <- factor(5) # Exemplifying data object my_data # Print data object to RStudio console # [1] 5 # Levels: 5
Example 1: Replicating the Warning – In Ops.factor : not meaningful for factors
my_data * 3 # Using data leads to warning # [1] NA # Warning message: # In Ops.factor(my_data, 3) : '*' not meaningful for factors |
my_data * 3 # Using data leads to warning # [1] NA # Warning message: # In Ops.factor(my_data, 3) : '*' not meaningful for factors
Example 2: Solving the Warning – In Ops.factor : not meaningful for factors
my_data_updated <- as.numeric(as.character(my_data)) # Converting data type my_data_updated # Print new data object # [1] 5 |
my_data_updated <- as.numeric(as.character(my_data)) # Converting data type my_data_updated # Print new data object # [1] 5
my_data_updated * 3 # Properly use data object # [1] 15 |
my_data_updated * 3 # Properly use data object # [1] 15