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relevel <- function(x, ref, ...) UseMethod("relevel")

relevel.default <- function(x, ref, ...)
    stop("'relevel' only for (unordered) factors")

relevel.ordered <- function(x, ref, ...)
    stop("'relevel' only for unordered factors")

relevel.factor <- function(x, ref, ...)
{
    lev <- levels(x)
    if(length(ref) != 1L)
        stop("'ref' must be of length one")
    if(is.character(ref))
        ref <- match(ref, lev)
    if(is.na(ref))
        stop("'ref' must be an existing level")
    nlev <- length(lev)
    if(ref < 1 || ref > nlev)
        stop(gettextf("ref = %d must be in 1L:%d", ref, nlev), domain = NA)
    factor(x, levels = lev[c(ref, seq_along(lev)[-ref])], exclude = NULL)
}