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Retrieve a value or a default

Description

a %||% b returns a unless it is empty, in which case b is returned.

Usage

a %||% b

lhs %|% rhs

Arguments

a	the value to return if non-empty
b	default value
lhs	vector with potentially missing values, or NULL
rhs	vector with default values, same length as lhs unless that is NULL

Value

a %||% b returns a, unless it is NULL, empty, FALSE or ""; in which case b is returned.

lhs %|% rhs returns a vector of the same length as rhs with all missing values in lhs replaced by the corresponding values in rhs.

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