Hi, and welcome!
Please see the FAQ: What's a reproducible example (`reprex`) and how do I create one? Using a reprex, complete with representative data will attract quicker and more answers. Screenshots are rarely helpful to provide complete answers.
If you look at help(recode), the function signature is
recode(.x, ..., .default = NULL, .missing = NULL)
For the arguments in the screenshot being passed to recode
FHdemocracyis being picked up- The next argument expected is \ldots. These are optional and they are explained in the
Argumentssection:
\ldots Replacements. For character and factor .x, these should be named and replacement is based only on their name. For numeric .x, these can be named or not. If not named, the replacement is done based on position i.e. .x represents positions to look for in replacements. See examples.
- This implies that
DemocraryandNon-Democracymust both already exist and that they are numeric. If not, they will be ignored and theunusedmessage will appear. - .default may or may not be otherwise ok but "blocked" by those earlier in line; can't test without a
reprexwith data