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covar_from_df

Numeric matrix from data frame

Description

Transform a data frame to a numeric matrix by one-hot encoding factors. The last factor value is always omitted to prevent having a singular matrix when adding a column of 1s (intercept) in models.

Usage

covar_from_df(df)

Arguments

`df`	A data frame.

Value

A numeric matrix.

Examples

mat <- covar_from_df(iris)
head(mat)

bigstatsr

Statistical Tools for Filebacked Big Matrices

v1.5.1

GPL-3

Authors

Florian Privé [aut, cre], Michael Blum [ths], Hugues Aschard [ths]

Initial release

2021-04-05