R/zap_empty.R

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#' Convert empty strings into missing values
#'
#' @param x A character vector
#' @return A character vector with empty strings replaced by missing values.
#' @family zappers
#' @export
#' @examples
#' x <- c("a", "", "c")
#' zap_empty(x)
zap_empty <- function(x) {
  stopifnot(is.character(x))

  x[x == ""] <- NA
  x
}