is_different: Comparison tests considering 'NA' as values to be compared

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Comparison tests considering NA as values to be compared

Description

is_different() and is_equal() performs comparison tests, considering NA values as legitimate values (see examples).

Usage

is_different(x, y)

is_equal(x, y)

cumdifferent(x)

num_cycle(x)

Arguments

x, y	Vectors to be compared.

Details

cum_different() allows to identify groups of continuous rows that have the same value. num_cycle() could be used to identify sub-groups that respect a certain condition (see examples).

is_equal(x, y) is equivalent to (x == y & !is.na(x) & !is.na(y)) | (is.na(x) & is.na(y)), and is_different(x, y) is equivalent to (x != y & !is.na(x) & !is.na(y)) | xor(is.na(x), is.na(y)).

Value

A vector of the same length as x.

Examples

v <- c("a", "b", NA)
is_different(v, "a")
is_different(v, NA)
is_equal(v, "a")
is_equal(v, NA)
d <- dplyr::tibble(group = c("a", "a", "b", "b", "a", "b", "c", "a"))
d |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    subgroup = cumdifferent(group),
    sub_a = num_cycle(group == "a")
  )

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