summary.factor
Use summary() on a factor Object

### Description

This is an S3 method for the function summary for objects inheriting from class factor.

### Usage

    summary.factor(object, maxsum = 100, ...)

### Arguments

object | An object inherits from "factor".
maxsum | the maximal number of levels to be shown in summary result. The first maxsum-1 levels are shown and the rest of levels will be combined(sum of the number of observations) in one cell named "(Other)". See example as below.
... | additional arguments to pass to or from other methods.

### Details

This is a method for the function summary() for objects inheriting from class factor. See summary or summary.default for the general behavior of this function and for the interpretation of object.
Examples

    color <- c("red", "red", "red", "green", "grey", "white", "green", "blue")
    colors <- factor(color, c("red", "green", "blue", "grey", "black", "white"))
    summary(colors)
    #  red green  blue  grey black white
    #    3     2     1     1     0     1
    summary(colors, maxsum = 4)
    #    red   green    blue (Other)
    #      3       2       1       2

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