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

[Göran Broström]

Thanks to all. I was cofused and forgot that in is.na(x) <- value,
value is an index vector. Clearly stated on the help page. So Bert's 
suggestion is the right one.


Den 2022-12-16 kl. 19:44, skrev 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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