Convert data.frame columns from factors to characters

Question

I have a data frame. Let\'s call him bob:

> head(bob)
                 phenotype                         exclusion
GSM399350 3- 4- 8- 25- 44+         


        

Answer 1

I typically make this function apart of all my projects. Quick and easy.

unfactorize <- function(df){
  for(i in which(sapply(df, class) == "factor")) df[[i]] = as.character(df[[i]])
  return(df)
}