na.replace {gtools}R Documentation

Replace Missing Values

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 greg@warnes.net

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)    

[Package gtools version 3.8.1 Index]