setlabels - Class: categorical

Label levels

Syntax

A = setlabels(A,labels) A = setlabels(A,labels,levels)

Description

A = setlabels(A,labels) labels the levels in the categorical array A using the cell array of strings or 2-D character matrix labels. Labels are assigned in the order given in labels.

A = setlabels(A,labels,levels) labels only the levels specified in the cell array of strings or 2-D character matrix levels.

Examples

Example 1

Relabel the species in Fisher's iris data using new categories:

load fisheriris
species = nominal(species);
species = mergelevels(...
          species,{'setosa','virginica'},'parent');
species = setlabels(species,'hybrid','versicolor');
getlabels(species)
ans = 
    'hybrid'    'parent'

Example 2

Load patient data from the CSV file hospital.dat and store the information in a dataset array with observation names given by the first column in the data (patient identification):
```
patients = dataset('file','hospital.dat',...
                   'delimiter',',',...
                   'ReadObsNames',true);
```
Make the {0,1}-valued variable smoke nominal, and change the labels to 'No' and 'Yes':
```
patients.smoke = nominal(patients.smoke,{'No','Yes'});
```

Add new levels to smoke as placeholders for more detailed histories of smokers:

patients.smoke = addlevels(patients.smoke,...
                 {'0-5 Years','5-10 Years','LongTerm'});

Assuming the nonsmokers have never smoked, relabel the 'No' level:
```
patients.smoke = setlabels(patients.smoke,'Never','No');
```

Drop the undifferentiated 'Yes' level from smoke:

patients.smoke = droplevels(patients.smoke,'Yes');

Warning: OLDLEVELS contains categorical levels that 
were present in A, caused some array elements to have 
undefined levels.

Note that smokers now have an undefined level.

Set each smoker to one of the new levels, by observation name:
```
patients.smoke('YPL-320') = '5-10 Years';
```