title: Converting categorical variables in R for ANN (neuralnet)
body: <p>I have dataset which consists of credit details of customers. I have to build Neural Network model on this data set using the neuralnet library. This data set contains categorical variables. I need to transform these variables before running it. Can someone help me with this.</p>
  
  <p>Variable in data set :</p>
  
  <p><strong>checking_balance</strong> :  &lt; 0 DM,  1 - 200 DM,  unknown,  &lt; 0 DM</p>
  
  <p><strong>purpose</strong>: furniture, education, cars</p>
  
  <p><strong>employment_duration</strong>: > 7 years,  1 - 4 years,  4 - 7 years</p>
  
  <p><strong>credit_history</strong>:   very good,  critical,  good</p>
  
  <p><strong>months_loan_duration</strong>:   6,   48,  12,  42</p>
  
  <p>Thank you..</p>