convert_task function

Convert a Task from One Type to Another

The task's target is replaced by a different column from the data.

convert_task(
  intask,
  target = NULL,
  new_type = NULL,
  drop_original_target = FALSE,
  drop_levels = TRUE
)

Arguments

• intask: (Task )

  A Task to be converted.

• target: (character(1))

  New target to be set, must be a column in the intask data. If NULL, no new target is set, and task is converted as-is.

• new_type: (character(1))

  The new task type. Must be in mlr_reflections$task_types]. If NULL (default), a new task with the same task_type is created.

• drop_original_target: (logical(1))

  If FALSE (default), the original target is added as a feature. Otherwise the original target is dropped.

• drop_levels: (logical(1))

  If TRUE (default), unused levels of the new target variable are dropped.

Returns

Task of requested type.