[R] is.na()<- on a character vector

[Jeff Newmiller]

I don't find _either_ of these acceptable.

On the other hand,

    x[ is.na( x ) ] <- 1

should have no effect on x.

On December 16, 2022 10:28:52 AM PST, "Göran Broström" <goran.brostrom using umu.se> wrote:
>I'm confused:
>
>> x <- 1:2
>> is.na(x) <- 1
>> x
>[1] NA  2
>
>OK, but
>
>> x <- c("A", "B")
>> is.na(x) <- "A"
>> x
>               A 
>"A" "B"  NA  
>
>What happens?
>
>G_ran
>
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