rowmode {TraMineRextras}

Modal state of a variable

Description

Returns the modal state of a variable, e.g., the modal state in a sequence.

Usage

rowmode(v, except = NULL)

Arguments

v

A numerical or factor variable.

except

Vector of values that should be ignored; e.g., set except="*" to ignore missing states with default coding.

Details

The function tabulates the variable and returns the most frequent value.

Value

The modal value

Author(s)

Gilbert Ritschard

See Also

table.

Examples

data(actcal)
actcal.seq <- seqdef(actcal[1:10,13:24])
actcal.mod <- apply(as.matrix(actcal.seq), 1, rowmode)
head(actcal.mod)