na.replace: Replace Missing Values

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Description

Replace missing values

Usage

na.replace(x, replace, ...)

Arguments

x	vector possibly contining missing (NA) values
replace	either a scalar replacement value, or a function returning a scalar value
...	Optional arguments to be passed to replace

Details

This is a convenience function that is the same as x[is.na(x)] <- replace

Value

Vector with missing values (NA) replaced by the value of replace.

Author(s)

Gregory R. Warnes [e-mail]

See Also

is.na, na.omit

Examples

   x <- c(1,2,3,NA,6,7,8,NA,NA)
   
   # Replace with a specified value
   na.replace(x, '999')
   
   # Replace with the calculated median
   na.replace(x, median, na.rm=TRUE)    

Example output

[1] "1"   "2"   "3"   "999" "6"   "7"   "8"   "999" "999"
[1] 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.0 8.0 4.5 4.5

gtools documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:52 p.m.